The Life Skills programme in the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and 'employability' – a human capital development

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dc.contributor.advisorGroener, Zelda
dc.contributor.authorNefdt, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-08T13:25:41Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T10:25:59Z
dc.date.available2016-12-08T13:25:41Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T10:25:59Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionMagister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)en_US
dc.description.abstractScholars argue within a human capital perspective that generic employability skills such as critical thinking, computer literacy, independent thinking, problem solving, communication skills must be included in human capital development. Employers are demanding that education and training institutions enable students to develop generic employability skills so that they can be 'work ready' for employment in the 'new knowledge economy'. As a consequence, the implementation of generic employability skills programmes can be found in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges worldwide. Framed within a human capital perspective, this research paper focuses on an investigation into the extent to which the National Certificate (Vocational) Life Skills course, offered at a TVET college in the Western Cape, enables students to develop the required generic employability skills of communication, problem solving, teamwork, leadership and critical thinking. Findings reveal that the NCV Life Skills course was both successful and unsuccessful in enabling participants to develop generic skills which make them 'ready for work'.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/15412
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectLeadershipen_US
dc.subjectHuman capitalen_US
dc.subjectCommunicationen_US
dc.subjectCritical thinkingen_US
dc.subjectProblem solvingen_US
dc.subjectLife skillsen_US
dc.subjectWork readinessen_US
dc.subjectSoft skillsen_US
dc.titleThe Life Skills programme in the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) and 'employability' – a human capital developmenten_US

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