Book Title: Key Transferable Skills

Subtitle: Resources for Educators

Authors: Teryn Attwell and Matthew Millis

Book Description: This book contains engaging learning resources on critical thinking, problem solving, creative thinking, and reflective practice, which educators can use to help build their students' transferable skills.The information and activities included in the book aim to build the graduate-ready higher order thinking skills that learners need to excel in their tertiary studies and to succeed in the workforce. Key Transferable Skills - Resources for Educators contains modular learning content on:

  • critical thinking
  • critical analysis and evaluation
  • logical fallacies
  • creative thinking
  • problem solving
  • reflective thinking and practice.
The book also includes three curated collections of other high-quality open educational resources. These collections focus on higher order thinking, interpersonal skills, and digital dexterity — all transferable skills.

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Contents

Book Information

Book Description

The aim of this book is to make it easier for educators to incorporate learning on transferable skills into their delivery, and to offer students clear, relatable, contextualisation of these skills. The information and activities included in the book aim to build the graduate-ready higher order thinking skills that learners need to excel in their tertiary studies and to succeed in the workforce.

Key Transferable Skills – Resources for Educators contains modular learning content on:

  • critical thinking
  • critical analysis and evaluation
  • logical fallacies
  • creative thinking
  • problem solving
  • reflective thinking and practice.

The book also includes three curated collections of other high-quality open educational resources. These collections focus on higher order thinking, interpersonal skills, and digital dexterity — all transferable skills.

There is no prescriptive method for utilising these resources in educational delivery. However, the Educator’s Guide offers suggestions and examples of how the content can be used.

Authors

Teryn Attwell and Matthew Millis

Licence

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Subject

Competence development

Metadata

Title
Key Transferable Skills
Authors
Teryn Attwell and Matthew Millis
Illustrator
AJ Penrose
Licence

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License

Key Transferable Skills Copyright © 2024 by RMIT University Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Competence development
Additional Subject(s)
Business innovation, Nursing fundamentals and skills, Educational: General studies, educational skills and competencies, Educational: Social and life skills
Institution
RMIT University
Publisher
RMIT Open Press
Publication Date
December 4, 2023