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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2014.12.12.173

A Study on a Convergence Education System to Improve University Students' Life Competencies  

Kim, Bu-Ja (Dept. of Global Business & Information, Seoul Christian University)
Kim, Jun-Whai (Dept. of Global Business & Information, Seoul Christian University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.12, no.12, 2014 , pp. 173-180 More about this Journal
Abstract
Life competencies most required for university students, who receive a higher education and prepare to go into society, are job competencies. People with a variety of competencies are needed in the job market in a globally-oriented 21st-Century knowledge-based society. Now that raising competent people who have a high level of job competency is regarded as one of university functions, a way to improve job competencies through university education needs to be investigated. This study proposes a convergence education system to improve job competencies. The convergence education system includes five type of convergence: convergence in major fields of study, convergence in education courses, convergence in education space, convergence in education methods, and convergence in education period. This education system is expected to improve a variety of job competencies including cognitive competencies, non-cognitive competencies, and global competencies.
Keywords
Life Competencies; Job Competencies; Convergence; Convergence Education System;
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