Building Students' Soft Skills Through Hidden Curriculum
Main Author: | Suryani, Fitri Budi |
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Format: | Book PeerReviewed application/pdf |
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English Education Department Faculty of Language and Arts Education IKIP PGRI Semarang
, 2011
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Online Access: |
http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1208/1/Sampul.pdf http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1208/2/Artikel.pdf http://www.teflin.ikippgrismg.ac.id/Proceeding.html http://eprints.umk.ac.id/1208/ |
Daftar Isi:
- In higher education institutions in Indonesia, both hard skills and soft skills are given to the students to produce qualified graduates that can be accepted in the work market. Hard skills can be defined as technical skills, whereas soft skills are non technical skills that include the intra-personality and inter-personality. Soft skills can be defined as emotional intelligence quotient that characterize our relationship with ourselves as well as with others. These skills constitute such traits as discipline, honesty, communicative, friendliness, leadership, creativity, ability to work in team, etc. For student teachers, soft skills are significant since those student teachers will one day become teachers. And teachers are ones trusted by government and societies to educate the young generation. This means that they are demanded to have good soft skills. In English Education Department of Muria Kudus Unviersity, soft skills are giiven for student teachers in the form of hidden curriculum. This study aims at revealing the sfot skills achieved by student teachers in English Education Department of Muria Kudus University. The method of the study was qualitative and the data were collected using questionnaire. The result indicates that the hidden curriculum applied builds the soft skills of the student teachers.