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21st Century Skills

A student perspective

Research group 1, 24 October 2017

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Researchers

Koen van der Kooy Helen de Haan – Cao Monique Abbenbroek Cora Santjer

Tineke van der Gaast

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Agenda

• The concept of “21st century skills”

• Research questions and objectives

• Research design and process

• Preliminary results

• Future research

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Let’s start

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The concept of “21st century skills

foundational

literacies competencies life skills

Literacy Numeracy

Scientific literacy Internet, Media Technology literacy Financial literacy

Cultural & civic literary Environmental literacy

Critical thinking / problem solving Creativity

Communication Collaboration Entrepreneurship

Curiosity Initiative Persistence Adaptability Leadership

Social & cultural awareness

Health and psychological

awareness

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Research questions

Which 21st Century do Rotterdam UAS students think they

need to develop during their studies in order to increase their employability?

Sub-questions:

1 International labour market

2 Skills development according to students’ perception

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Research objectives

1. To define and describe the trends and developments of (inter)national labour market in relation to employability of university undergraduates

2. To clarify the Skills development process throughout their studies at RUAS, how these Skills have been developed, as well as the gaps existing between the level of Skills achieved at RUAS and the expectation among employers

3. To clarify and understand the perception of acquired Skills by students during their studies (in relation to their employability)

4. To provide advice to educational departments in terms of missing Skills as well as possible actions

to enhance their Skills training

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Research methods

Mixed method

1. Desk research

2. Focus group - RBS and CMI

3. Pilot study - 2nd year RBS (IBMS students)

4. Survey 1st and 4th year students – CMI, IBK, RBS and WdKA

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Results quantitative research

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Results – Pilot study

n = 90

0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0 8,0 9,0 10,0

21st Century skills - 2nd Year students IBMS

importance achieved

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Results – 4th year students

Institute of the RUAS N Male Female Age sd Dutch / Non-Dutch

CMI 23 14 (61%) 9 (39%) 23,39 2,13 23 (100%)

IBK 26 12 (46%) 14 (54%) 22,77 2,21 26 (100%)

RBS 132 68 (52%) 63 (48%) 24,57 2,67 90 (67%) / 44 (33%)

WdK 24 6 (25%) 16 (75%) 23,72 2,34 22 (85%) / 4 (15%)

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Results – 4th year students - Importance

n = 207

CMI IBK RBS WdKA

Critical thinking/problem-solving 9,17 Health and psychological awareness 8,27 Health and psychological awareness 8,53 Creativity 8,62

Creativity 9,13 Communication 7,92 Communication 7,61 Health and psychological awareness 8,50

Persistence 8,91 Persistence 7,88 Social & cultural awareness 7,55 Communication 8,48

Communication 8,87

Critical thinking/problem-solving 7,85 Adaptability 7,50

Initiative 8,29

Financial literacy 6,62 Scientific literacy 6,35 Environmental literacy 6,36 IMT literacy 6,13

Numeracy 6,35 Financial literacy 6,08 Financial literacy 6,15 Scientific literacy 5,64

Health and psychological awareness 6,26 Environmental literacy 5,88 Scientific literacy 6,06 Financial literacy 5,46

Environmental literacy 4,71 Numeracy 5,69 Numeracy 5,72 Numeracy 3,50

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Results – 4th year students – Gender

n = 207

Gender difference on 11 items

n mean sd t df p

Social cultural awareness Male 97 7,71 1,779 -2,227 198 0,027

Female 103 8,27 1,778

SCA RUAS contribution Male 97 6,56 2,363 -2,175 197 0,031

Female 102 7,26 2,229

SCA extracurricular contribution Male 95 7,11 1,954 -2,905 191 0,004

Female 98 7,89 1,787

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Results – 4th year students – In-depth

n = 207

CMI IBK RBS WdKA

International week at school 5,00 6,00 4,00 -

International projects at school 4,00 6,00 7,00 5,50

Studytrip outside the Netherlands 3,00 6,00 8,00 6,00

International guestspeakers 6,00 5,00 6,00 7,00

RUAS lecturers 7,00 6,00 7,00 7,00

Lecturers with international experience 4,00 6,00 7,00 6,00 Placement / internship outside the Netherlands - 7,50 10,00 8,00 Placement / internship at an international company in

the Netherlands

7,50 8,00 8,00 8,00

Semester exchange program at a partner university

- 9,00 9,00 -

Thesis assignment at an international company in the Netherlands

6,00 8,00 8,00 -

Thesis assignment outside the Netherlands

- - 8,00 -

Daily life in the Nederlands 7,00 7,00 7,00 7,00

My international friends 6,00 7,00 8,00 8,00

My international classmates - - 8,00 7,00

Part-time job / Holiday job 5,00 8,00 7,00 7,50

Travel 7,00 8,00 9,00 8,00

Membership of an association 4,00 7,00 7,00 7,00

Social media groups 7,00 6,00 7,00 7,50

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Results – 1st year students

Male: 37 (44%) Female: 47 (56%)

Education inside NL: 57 (68%) outside NL: 27 (32%)

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Results – 1st year students

0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00 5,00 6,00 7,00 8,00 9,00 10,00

21st Century Skills - 1st Year Students

Importance Current status

n = 86

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 Further research into the different components of the 21st Cntury skills to gain a better understanding of their definitions and how these are valued

 Also to monitor the development of these components over time

 Valorisation of the findings within RUAS eg. Inform the curriculum committees

 Report the findings via publications

Next steps

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