Using collaborative learning to develop students’ soft skills

Abstract

Managers now emphasize the importance of soft interpersonal skills for success in business. The authors provide an active learning approach to collaboratively teach students basic soft skills that are needed in most careers. There are initial startup costs for the instructor, but this effort soon reaps extraordinary rewards for students. In the authors’ approach, the need for soft skills arises from a real-world issue that results from the application of technical skills in an exercise. A decision must be made, which requires students to learn soft skills. Finally, students apply their soft skills in the real world. The authors provide extensive support for instructors.

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