Pang says that students struggle with group work because they lack soft skills for interaction.
Taylor’s decided to walk the talk when it came to embedding life skills into all of their academic programmes, while giving every student an opportunity to be a creator. The idea is to intentionally nurture the three intelligences of “intellect”, “practical wisdom” and “craft” among its graduates through Taylor’sphere.
“Many students are so used to structured academic life that when things become unpredictable, such as in real-life situations, they go into panic mode, ” she says. Raja Imran Raja Azhar, a lecturer for the Diploma in Design programme at Taylor’s College, says that first of all, soft skills need to be modelled by academics in order for intellectual aspects to be absorbed successfully.
He says that with lockdowns and prolonged periods of online learning, he had to be flexible and creative in his approach to teaching and assessment, returning to some old school methods of using paper and recyclable items, as well as making use of students’ own body measurements and spatial awareness.
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