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Sampayo, M. M. & Rocha, H. B. (2021). The role of soft skills developing engaged students in times of uncertainty. In Gómez Chova, L., López Martínez, A., and Candel Torres, I. (Ed.), EDULEARN21 Proceedings. (pp. 2851-2857). Online: IATED Academy.

M. P. Goulão and H. M. Rocha,  "The role of soft skills developing engaged students in times of uncertainty", in EDULEARN21 Proc., Gómez Chova, L., López Martínez, A., and Candel Torres, I., Ed., Online, IATED Academy, 2021, pp. 2851-2857

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	author = "Sampayo, M. M. and Rocha, H. B.",
	title = "The role of soft skills developing engaged students in times of uncertainty",
	booktitle = "EDULEARN21 Proceedings",
	year = "2021",
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	doi = "10.21125/edulearn.2021.0616",
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T2  - EDULEARN21 Proceedings
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AB  - The objective of this paper is to present a qualitative study developed in the Soft Skills Lab of a public
university between February 2020-February 2021. From a universe of students of the 1st year of all
graduations we choose a convenience sample of students (n=597) from different areas (management,
marketing, finance and accounting, architecture, psychology, sociology, social work) attending 3 of the
24 transversal curricular units we offer for their study plans, that all students must choose to complete
6 ECTs. The units were Conflict Management, Stress Management and Teamwork. The intentionality
of the choice had to do with the current moment of changing the pedagogical model during the
confinement caused by the pandemic Covid19 and how we could overcome the challenge of preparing
students in these soft skills that require a presence in the classroom, due to the dynamics and exercises
that usually took place. After the adjustments made to the online and hybrid model that was required of
us, we were a little skeptical about the results, but the fact is that the results were very positive, the
students, despite all the difficulties, were committed to their learning, these curricular units were of great
importance to give them autonomy, self-confidence, motivation for the future, emotional skills and in
some cases even alerts for more complex situations. This leads to the perception that comprehensive
training of university students requires them to be taught both the theoretical and practical knowledge
relating to an area/profession, but also methodologies aimed at promoting autonomy in learning,
creativity for problem solving, commitment to society, and persistence in the face of adversity giving
them the capacity to be resilient. This experience also gives us signs that training in higher education
must have a clear intention of strengthening students’ personal development, promoting their capacity
to recognize and interact with the environment context in a responsible, participatory, innovative, ethical,
and socially meaningful manner.
ER  -