Evaluating Community Based Learning Programs for Transferable Skills: The Social Innovation Projects (SIP) Program

To that end, researchers focused on undergraduate students’ acquisition of competencies across four transferable skills during the SIP program: teamwork,1 problem solving,2 oral 1 Teamwork is behaviour under the control of individual team members (effort they put into team tasks, their manner of interacting with others on the team, and the quantity and quality of contributions they make to team di. [...] 4 Civic engagement is working to make a difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. [...] Discussion and Conclusion While the importance of transferable skills such as teamwork, problem solving and oral communication for graduates’ success in the labour market is not in question (De Prada et al., 2022; Lenarcic Biss & Pichette, 2018; Weingarten & Hicks, 2018), low student and graduate skill levels raise concerns about the skills gap and, more broadly, the university’s ability to prepar. [...] The curricular and the co-curricular: The importance of what takes place outside the classroom. [...] The exploration of employers’, educators’, and students’ perceptions regarding the influence of soft skills for transitioning into the workforce (Publication No.