{"title":"EDUCATING SOFT SKILLS IN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4.0: THE CASE OF OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, TRA VINH UNIVERSITY","authors":"C. Le, Nghi Diep Phuong Nguyen, T. Le","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.181","url":null,"abstract":"Education in the direction of developing soft skills competencies for students is an issue that needs to be addressed at the training institutions. In particular, in the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, it is creating many challenges for educational activities. The results from the study of soft skills situation on Office Administrationstudents indicate that most students are satisfied with the skills equipped with the rate of 74.7%, in which, communication skills, teamwork skills, presentation skills, decision making and problemsolving skills, negotiation and conflict resolution skills are highly appreciated by students for their need. However, the actual capacity of students is only above average. Therefore, the School needs to pay more attention to the training of soft skills, innovating the training method towards approaching the Industrial Revolution 4.0 to create a quality, intellectual and soft skills capacity workforce will be the top task for current training institutions.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91277773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOLUTIONS FOR STUDENTS OF TRA VINH UNIVERSITY TO IMPROVE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS","authors":"T. Nguyen, N. Huynh","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.173","url":null,"abstract":"Time management skills are one of the most important soft skills for university students. Nowaday, some universities in Vietnam have introduced this skill into teaching soft skills, including Tra Vinh University. Time management skills determine the majority of students’ learning outcomes. However, in fact, not many students are aware of this. By questionnaires and indepth interviews conducted in May 2019. The authors present the reality of time management skills of the Tra Vinh University students, thereby proposing solutions of integrating time management skills into teaching specialized knowledge to improve the students’ learning quality at Tra Vinh University.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85965792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EXPERIENCING THE INTEGRATION OF CRITICAL THINKING IN TEACHING LITERARY WORKS","authors":"H. Nguyen","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.168","url":null,"abstract":"This article illustrates the lecturer’s experience of integrating activities in teaching a literary work, particularly a story, to build critical thinking ability for students when learning British literature based on Bloom’s taxonomy. At first, six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy were introduced, explained to 65 junior students majoring in English. Then, the sample questions in six levels of the Vietnamese folk tale “Tam Cam” were given to students as an illustration of applying to make questions in six levels relating to the story. To develop critical thinking skill, students themselves experienced different classroom activities relating to questions in 6 levels and discussedissues through reading and analyzing one British work in their undergraduate program. It is the story “The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” by Clive Staples Lewis. The students reacted positively to questions to develop critical thinking when learning this work and most of them want more classroom practice in order to strengthen their ability to think critically. This piece of writing also expresses the lecturer’s reflection in developing critical thinking for students in teaching British literature, especially stories, using questions based on Bloom’s taxonomy.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84961530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EXPERIENCES OF TEACHING CHEERLEADING SUBJECT AND PROPOSED METHODS OF TEACHING SOFT SKILLS FOR TOURISM STUDENTS OF TRA VINH UNIVERSITY","authors":"D. Nguyen","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.162","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, training units in general and Tra Vinh University in particular have paid attention to forming soft skills for students. Cheerleading is a subject that helps learners acquiring the necessary skills for bringing smiles and the comfort to visitors during their trip. These are things that the travel businesses and tourists desire in delivering and using the tour services. Specialized teaching associated with developing soft skills for students helps teachers gaining more advantages in the teaching process and students are access professionalskills comfortably. Some methods for supporting the integration of soft skills in specialized subjects mentioned in the article will show the feasibility, as well as the practical benefits that this combined educational activity brings to the school, students and businesses.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82536253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"REALITY AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY","authors":"Chi Thi My Bui, Khoa Huynh","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.149","url":null,"abstract":"Improving the quality of active learning for students is an issue of concern at Tra Vinh University. In addition to transfering disciplinary knowledge, lecturers also pay attention to teaching personal and professional skills as well as attitudes. Since 2013 students have participated in a soft skills course which is required prior to graduation. Besides, lecturers are also trained and encouraged to integrate soft skills in professional teaching. This paper presents results from teaching observations and surveys with lecturers and students to evaluatethe success of integrating soft skills at Tra Vinh University. The results show that both lecturers and students realize the importance of soft skills in teaching specialized knowledge because they give many benefits to learners. However, they also identify a number of problems that need to be solved to improve soft skills intergration at Tra Vinh University. The paper, therefore, propses several potential solutions to improving the quality of soft skills integration in teaching specialized knowledge.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82565116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"APPLYING TIME MANAGEMENT SKILL IN FULFILLING ASSIGNMENTS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY SUBJECT: A CASE STUDY OF SENIOR STUDENTS AT SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES – TRA VINH UNIVERSITY","authors":"Van Thi Ngoc Nguyen, N. T. Truong","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.158","url":null,"abstract":"Time management is one of the keys leading us to succeed in work and study. Realizing that, this research studies the relationship between time management and Research Methodology subject, especially in fulfilling assignments of this subject. The participants of this study are 60 senior students studying English major at Tra Vinh University. They completed the questionnaires that include questions related to students’ perspectives on time management and the factors that influence the fulfillment of this subject assignments, especially the time. Regarding the findings, among elements, the role, as well as the relationship of time management to fulfilling assignments of Research Methodology subject, was found. Most of the participants agreed that time management plays an essential role. Besides, the factors affecting students in managing time to fulfill the assignments of Research Methodology subject were explored. From that, the research proposes some suggestions which help students to improve their time management skills to succeed in this subject.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80601999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. T. Vo, Phuc Minh Nhan, N. Tram, Khanh Ngoc Van Duong, Thanh Van Huynh
{"title":"INTEGRATING SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN SUBJECT IN CDIO-BASED TRAINING PROGRAMS","authors":"C. T. Vo, Phuc Minh Nhan, N. Tram, Khanh Ngoc Van Duong, Thanh Van Huynh","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.164","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, along with the knowledge and professional skills, soft skills are also considered as a compulsory requirement for students before graduating. Besides the soft skills subjects teaching, the integration of soft skills in professional teaching will help students to acquire the necessary soft skills which appropriate to the fields being trained. In this article, we introduce some soft skills training methods that are applied in teaching Information Systems Analysis and Design subject in CDIO-based training programs (Conceive - Design - Implement - Operate) for Information Technology students. The training of soft skills in professional teaching will help students quickly adapt to the requirements of future careers.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76865748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SOFT SKILLS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL AGE 4.0 AND APPROACH TO INTEGRATING SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING AT UNIVERSITIES","authors":"M. Nguyen","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.159","url":null,"abstract":"The article is based on UNESCO’s educational classification framework and CDIO teaching model (proposed by MIT and some Nordic universities) to study theoretically demands for working skills at multinational corporate and technology environments, and at the same time, the set of soft skills that need to be equipped by learners before joining the working life in the industrial age 4.0 is synthesized based on the experts’ assessment and analysis. Since then, the integration of soft skills training in university teaching process has been developed, as well as proposed solutions for applying this integrated method.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89787605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"TRAINING SOFT SKILLS – FROM PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE TO RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF SOFT SKILLS INTO TEACHING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE","authors":"Thanh T. Nguyen, A. Trinh","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.152","url":null,"abstract":"Preparing soft skills for students has been being a matter of great concern to both society and the education industry. Soft skills are an essential factor for the success and happiness of each individual. Many decades ago, the weakness of soft skills of Vietnamese students have been warned by educational organizations, businesses and domestic and foreign experts. Although knowledge that is considered as a necessary condition during the learning process; it is still not a sufficient condition for students who want to get a desired job. Nowadays, softskills training activities are quite popular in almost universities and it is one of requirements for student’s graduation. However, these training activities are different in each university. In this study, from the practical experience in training soft skills of other universities, the authors recommend some basic solutions for integrating soft skills into main subjects in the specialized knowledge teaching process.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87922486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SURVEY OF THE INTEREST LEVELS OF KHMER STUDENTS AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY ON CRITICAL THINKING SKILL (The case of School of Southern Khmer Language, Culture and Arts)","authors":"Ly Thi My Phan","doi":"10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.2.2019.150","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted to explore the interest levels and the understanding of Khmer students at Tra Vinh University (The case of School of Southern Khmer Language, Culture and Arts). The survey results on 114 first-year to fourth-year students of the majors: Cultural Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities, Khmer language, Pedagogy of Southern Literature show that 70% of students are interested in critical thinking. Students realize that this is the necessary thinking for the learners themselves when there are 32.46% totally agree and 54.39% agree to develop critical thinking skills. Based on the results, we initially try to find out the causes and propose the solutions to develop critical thinking skills for students.","PeriodicalId":21692,"journal":{"name":"Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77116137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}