This book was written as part of the Measuring and Assessing Soft Skills (MASS) project, which ran for the period 2009-2011. The aim of the MASS was the transfer of the innovation developed at Angus College, Scotland, to the project partners' institutions, located in Greece, Sweden, Romania and the Netherlands. The innovation developed at Angus College related to the teaching and development of soft skills to disadvantaged and disaffected from education young people, with the aim of facilitating their social inclusion and enhancing their employment perspectives. The methodology resulted had sh
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This book was written as part of the Measuring and Assessing Soft Skills (MASS) project, which ran for the period 2009-2011. The aim of the MASS was the transfer of the innovation developed at Angus College, Scotland, to the project partners' institutions, located in Greece, Sweden, Romania and the Netherlands. The innovation developed at Angus College related to the teaching and development of soft skills to disadvantaged and disaffected from education young people, with the aim of facilitating their social inclusion and enhancing their employment perspectives. The methodology resulted had shown very promising results, as both the dropout rate was minimal and the vast majority of the students proceeded with either further studies or employment.
The book was written as a practical guide to the practitioners who want to get involved in teaching of soft skills to disadvantaged groups of young peoples. It is divided into three parts. The aim of the first part is to give an overview of the MASS project and establish the need for soft skills development. It contains two papers. The first paper serves as an introduction to the MASS project, while the second one serves as an introduction to the area of soft skills, elaborating the socio-political background, giving the necessary definitions and presenting several international frameworks. The second part deals with the teaching and development of soft skills. It contains two papers. The first one is an extensive presentation of selected literature on the subject of teaching soft skills. The second one gives a detailed description and elaboration of the methodology of the MASS project. It presents the historical background, the structure of the teaching materials, the characteristics of the target groups and the educational efforts undertaken by each partners' institution. The subject of the third part is soft skills assessment. It contains two papers, with the first one giving the background of soft skills assessment theory and proposed practices, while the second one elaborates on the methodology used and results obtained from the assessment efforts of the partners. The appendices of the book contain the learning materials, translated in all partners' languages, and their original reports.
Edited excerpts from publication.
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