On the occasion of the launch of the "Research with School" platform, we conducted a validation check of the Soft Skills Self-evaluation Questionnaire – 3SQ aimed at exploring the soft skills of students and education practitioners. Starting with a sample of nearly 7,000 respondents, collected between 2018 and 2023, an analysis aimed at investigating the variation in some personal skills was carried out, and it was found that openness to others, collaboration, empathy and curiosity were found to have increased in the post-pandemic period. Analyses with respect to the background variables gender and age showed that soft skills tend to increase with age, and those who identify with the male gender have significantly higher values of resilience and self-confidence. Finally, the cluster analysis revealed three distinct profiles, one of which is characterized by having high values of empathy and openness to others in the face of low self-confidence and low values of autonomy and resilience. The results pose numerous insights for further research.
In occasione del lancio della piattaforma “Ricerca con la scuola”, abbiamo proceduto a una verifica della validazione del questionario Io, me e gli altri, mirato ad esplorare le soft skills di studenti e professionisti dell’educazione. A partire da un campione di quasi 7000 rispondenti, raccolto fra il 2018 e il 2023, è stata effettuata un’analisi tesa a indagare la variazione di alcune abilità personali ed è emerso che nel post-pandemia risultano aumentate l’apertura verso gli altri, la collaborazione, l’empatia cognitiva e la curiosità. Dalle analisi rispetto alle variabili di sfondo genere ed età è emerso che le soft skills tendono ad aumentare con l’età e che coloro che si identificano nel genere maschile presentano valori significativamente più alti di resilienza e fiducia in sé stessi. Infine, la cluster analysis ha evidenziato tre profili ben distinti, uno dei quali si caratterizza per avere alti valori di empatia cognitiva e apertura verso gli altri a fronte di poca fiducia in sé e valori bassi di autonomia e resilienza. I risultati pongono numerosi spunti per ulteriori ricerche.
Soft skills before, during and after the COVID pandemic / Rubat du Mérac, Emiliane, Elizabeth, Marie; Botta, Emanuela. - In: Q-TIMES WEBMAGAZINE. - ISSN 2038-3282. - 3:Anno XVI(2024), pp. 440-459. [10.14668/QTimes_16335]
Soft skills before, during and after the COVID pandemic
Emiliane Rubat du Mérac
Primo
Conceptualization
;Emanuela Botta
Secondo
Formal Analysis
2024
Abstract
On the occasion of the launch of the "Research with School" platform, we conducted a validation check of the Soft Skills Self-evaluation Questionnaire – 3SQ aimed at exploring the soft skills of students and education practitioners. Starting with a sample of nearly 7,000 respondents, collected between 2018 and 2023, an analysis aimed at investigating the variation in some personal skills was carried out, and it was found that openness to others, collaboration, empathy and curiosity were found to have increased in the post-pandemic period. Analyses with respect to the background variables gender and age showed that soft skills tend to increase with age, and those who identify with the male gender have significantly higher values of resilience and self-confidence. Finally, the cluster analysis revealed three distinct profiles, one of which is characterized by having high values of empathy and openness to others in the face of low self-confidence and low values of autonomy and resilience. The results pose numerous insights for further research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
