10 skills needed by university students in the 21st century
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10 Critical skills a 21st Century university student must continue to improve
10 Critical skills a 21st Century university student must continue to
improve 1. Critical thinking and problem-solving
2. Collaboration
3. Goal setting and personal development
4. ICT skills
5. Effective communication(oral, written and listening)
6. Global citizenship
7. Employability skills
8. Agility and adaptability
9. Initiative and entrepreneurialism
10. Accessing and analysing information
Two important statements
“Truly successful university students enjoy
restlessness and on-going passion for
continuous improvement. They reject any
sense of ‘having arrived’ at success and
continually strive to improve & reinvent
themselves.”
An educated person
“An educated person is not, necessarily, a person
who has an abundance of general or specialized
knowledge. An educated man is one who has so
developed the faculties of his mind that he may
acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent,
without violating the rights of others. –”
Napoleon Hill
Two important statements
“Truly successful educated people enjoy
restlessness and on-going passion for
continuous improvement. They reject any
sense of ‘having arrived’ at success
destination and continually strive to improve
& reinvent themselves.” Bruno
Critical thinking and problem-solving
No idea is neither GOOD nor BAD. It is the thought behind it that makes it so. No idea is neither GOOD nor BAD. It is the thought
behind it that makes it so. Feel confident to put your ideas across. free yourself by
expressing your ideas professionally. If you don't do it, some one will.
What kills creativity?
Critical thinking and problem-solving
Collaboration
What makes you sometimes feel like
not sharing ideas and putting your
ideas across in a group?
Goal setting and personal development
How many of you have your personal gaols written down?
Only 3% of your graduates set goals for personal development
Why? Do you have Personal Social Responsibility
(PSR) Target?
ICT skills
Are you a proficient user of Microsoft
applications?
Can you design a simple webpage?
Do you know what we call responsible and safe
use of technology?
ETC
Effective communication
How excellent are you in the following?
1. Oral- presentation and public speaking
2. Written- letters, reports, online blog
3. Listening- eye contact, positive body language(posture, smiles, etc.)
Global Citizenship Being a responsible citizen and making effective
contribution to your community no matter where
you live or work
Understanding the complex world
Understanding of global work ethics, politics,
science and technology and more….
Be informed about global social activities
through social media
Employability skills Employability skills are those basic skills
necessary for getting, keeping, and doing well
on a job.
These are the skills, attitudes and actions that
enable workers to get along with their fellow
workers and supervisors and to make sound,
critical decisions.
Employability skills
Agility and adaptability
Ho do you respond to change?
You have the choice of becoming
a master of change or a victim of
change.
Initiative and entrepreneurialism
Think big, dream big and plan before your
graduate?
Accessing and analyzing information
In the information and communications age the
answers are constantly changing?
Data analysis and interpretation skills.