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What's In A Name? Soft Skills Or Entrepreneurial Skills?, Rachel S. Creely
What's In A Name? Soft Skills Or Entrepreneurial Skills?, Rachel S. Creely
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Soft skills in the engineering profession have been a well-known topic for many years because of the idea that engineers lack these skills. Working engineers and hiring managers are looking for engineers who differ from this idea of engineers who lack soft skills to engineers with great "soft skills" on top of their hard, or technical, skills. However, some engineers are reluctant to give up their technical world for a more social way of doing things. While there have been numerous studies to remedy this problem, simply identifying the need for engineers to gain more soft skills has mot been …
Administrators' Perceived Knowledge, Importance, And Perceptions Of The International Society For Technology In Education Standards For Administrators And Virginia Technology Standards For Instructional Personnel, Kimberly Tomeka Hill Muchenje
Administrators' Perceived Knowledge, Importance, And Perceptions Of The International Society For Technology In Education Standards For Administrators And Virginia Technology Standards For Instructional Personnel, Kimberly Tomeka Hill Muchenje
Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of the study was to determine administrators’ self-assessed perceived knowledge, importance, and perceptions of the International Society for Technology in Education Standards for Administrators (ISTE Standards-A) and the Virginia Technology Standards for Instructional Personnel (VTSIP). A survey instrument based on the ISTE Standards-A and the VTSIP was used in the study. 43 administrators in Virginia participated in the study. The participants were members of the Virginia Association of Elementary or Secondary School Principals. The study found that administrators perceived their knowledge of the ISTE Standards-A as good and their knowledge of the VTSIP as excellent. Administrators strongly agreed …