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Examining the Strategic Role of Soft Skills and Their Implications for Supporting Resource Development: A Narrative Literature Review Pathan, Pathan; Prayogi, Saiful; Mansur, Mansur; Alaydrus, Kadir Alfan; Faisatullah, Moh
International Journal of Essential Competencies in Education Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): June
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/ijece.v4i1.3082

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This narrative literature review examines how soft skills function strategically within human-resource and educational contexts and explores their implications for designing support resources. The review draws on twenty peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025, selected through systematic screening of keywords such as soft skills, human resources, and educational resources. Through interpretative thematic analysis, the study identifies core competencies of soft skills: communication, collaboration, problem-solving, adaptability, leadership, empathy, time management, creativity, and metacognition. Findings highlight the strategic role of soft skills in recruitment, professional development, team dynamics, and organizational culture within education, as well as systemic implications for curriculum design, assessment practices, teacher preparation, and institutional policy. Major barriers include curricular inertia, limited facilitator capacity, measurement challenges, and equity gaps in learner engagement. The review recommends embedding explicit soft skills into educational program frameworks and investing in sustained educator training. Future research should undertake detailed, longitudinal analyses of student soft-skills development using robust quantitative measures alongside qualitative approaches to identify effective instructional strategies and contextual factors that drive sustainable skill acquisition.
Examining the Strategic Role of Soft Skills and Their Implications for Supporting Resource Development: A Narrative Literature Review Pathan, Pathan; Prayogi, Saiful; Mansur, Mansur; Alaydrus, Kadir Alfan; Faisatullah, Moh
International Journal of Essential Competencies in Education Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): June
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/ijece.v4i1.3082

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This narrative literature review examines how soft skills function strategically within human-resource and educational contexts and explores their implications for designing support resources. The review draws on twenty peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025, selected through systematic screening of keywords such as soft skills, human resources, and educational resources. Through interpretative thematic analysis, the study identifies core competencies of soft skills: communication, collaboration, problem-solving, adaptability, leadership, empathy, time management, creativity, and metacognition. Findings highlight the strategic role of soft skills in recruitment, professional development, team dynamics, and organizational culture within education, as well as systemic implications for curriculum design, assessment practices, teacher preparation, and institutional policy. Major barriers include curricular inertia, limited facilitator capacity, measurement challenges, and equity gaps in learner engagement. The review recommends embedding explicit soft skills into educational program frameworks and investing in sustained educator training. Future research should undertake detailed, longitudinal analyses of student soft-skills development using robust quantitative measures alongside qualitative approaches to identify effective instructional strategies and contextual factors that drive sustainable skill acquisition.
The Effectiveness of Scientific Creativity-Based Teaching Factory in Improving Vocational Students’ Soft Skills: A Mixed Methods Approach in Renewable Energy Engineering Pathan, Pathan; Alaydrus, Kadir Alpan
International Journal of Essential Competencies in Education Vol. 5 No. 1 (2026): June
Publisher : Lembaga Penelitian dan Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (LITPAM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36312/8wwpyt64

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This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of scientific creativity-based Teaching Factory in improving vocational students’ soft skills in the Renewable Energy Engineering Program. The study employed a sequential explanatory mixed methods design with a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design. The participants were 44 Grade XI students, consisting of 22 students in the experimental group and 22 students in the control group. Quantitative data were collected using a soft skills scale covering communication, collaboration, problem solving, responsibility, and adaptability. Qualitative data were obtained through semi-structured interviews with students and a vocational teacher. The results showed that the experimental group’s soft skills score increased from 67.45 to 85.50, while the control group increased from 60.77 to 67.36. The experimental group achieved a moderate N-gain of 0.55, whereas the control group obtained a low N-gain of 0.15. ANCOVA indicated a significant group effect after controlling for pretest scores, F(1, 41) = 147.92, p < .001. The qualitative findings revealed that the improvement in soft skills was supported by students’ engagement in real problem identification, group work, idea communication, solar-panel lighting system testing, technical problem solving, product revision, reflection, and teacher feedback. This approach has the potential to strengthen contextual, collaborative, and workplace-oriented vocational learning, although its implementation requires adequate learning materials, practical facilities, and consistent teacher guidance at school.
Co-Authors Alaydrus, Kadir Alfan Alaydrus, Kadir Alpan Faisatullah, Moh Mansur Mansur Prayogi, Saiful