INTEGRATION OF SELF-STUDYING SKILLS INTO TEACHING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE: A CASE STUDY OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, OFFICE ADMINISTRATION AND TOURISM, TRA VINH UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Self-study skills are one of the soft skills that play an extremely important role for students in the university environment. However, some universities in Vietnam, at present, have not introduced this skill into teaching soft skills, including Tra Vinh University. Self-study skills determine the majority of students’ learning outcomes, but in fact, not many students are aware of this. By questionnaires and in-depth interviews conducted in May 2019, the authors wish to present the current situation of self-study skills of students of the Department of State Management, Office Administration and Tourism, thereby proposing solutions of integrating self-study skills into specialized knowledge teaching in order to improve the learning quality of students of the Faculty in particular and Tra Vinh University in general.