Yükseköğretimde İnsani Becerilerin Öğrenenlere Kazandırılması İçin Öz Yönelimli Öğrenme Modeli

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 20, 1896 - 1935, 31.12.2019

Huseyin Şimşek , Elif İgrek

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.595168

Cited By: 1

Öz

Yükseköğretim kurumlarından, hızla değişen sosyal ve mesleki koşullara
uyum sağlayabilecek niteliklere sahip bireyler yetiştirmesi beklenmektedir. Bu
nitelikler, mesleki becerilerle birlikte insani becerileri de kapsamaktadır.
İnsani beceriler, belirli bir disipline/mesleğe özgü olmayan genel
becerilerdir. İnsani becerilerin yükseköğretimde öğrenenlere kazandırılmasında
etkili olabilecek öğrenme modellerinden birisi öz yönelimli öğrenmedir. Bu
modelde, öğrenenlerin öğrenme sürecinin bütün aşamalarında etkin olarak mesleki
bilgi ve becerilerin yanı sıra insani beceriler de kazanması beklenmektedir. Bu
araştırmanın amacı, yükseköğretimde öğrenenlere kazandırılması beklenen insani
becerileri belirlemek ve öz yönelimli öğrenme modelinin onların kazandırılmasında
etkililiğini tartışmaktır.  Araştırma,
bir geleneksel derleme araştırmasıdır. Araştırma kapsamında, öğrenenlere
kazandırılması beklenen insani beceriler ve öz yönelimli öğrenme modelinin
temel özellikleri, bu modelin yükseköğretimde kullanılmasının uygunluğu ve
insani becerilerin kazandırılmasındaki etkililiği tartışılmış, insani
becerilerin kazanılmasında uygulanabilecek döngüsel bir öz yönelimli öğrenme
modeli geliştirilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları temel alınarak, insani becerilerin
öğrenenlere kazandırılmasının yükseköğretimde uygulanan programların hedefleri
arasına dâhil edilmesi, yükseköğretimde lisans/lisansüstü düzeylerdeki
araştırma-uygulama odaklı derslerde öz yönelimli öğrenme modelinden ve bu
araştırmada geliştirilen döngüsel öz yönelimli öğrenme modelinden faydalanılması
önerilmektedir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

Yükseköğretim, İnsani beceriler, Öz yönelimli öğrenme modeli, Geleneksel derleme araştırması

Self-Directed Learning Model to Obtain Learners Soft Skills at Higher Education

Öz

Higher education institutions are expected to train
individuals with qualifications to adapt to rapidly changing
social-professional conditions. These qualifications include soft skills
besides professional skills. Soft skills are general skills which are not
specific to any discipline/profession. Self-directed learning model can be
effective in helping learners acquire soft skills at higher education level. Because
learners are always active in the learning process in this model, they can easily
acquire soft skills besides various professional knowledge and skills. This
study aims to determine soft skills expected to be acquired by learners at
higher education and to discuss the effectiveness of the self-directed learning
model in acquiring soft skills. The study is a traditional review study. Within
the scope of the study, basic features of soft skills and the way they are acquired
by learners at higher education are discussed. It is also  argued about self-directed learning model and  its suitability/ effectiveness in acquiring
soft skills. Lastly, a curricular self-directed learning model that can be
applied in acquiring soft skills has been developed. Based on the results of the study, it is suggested
that the acquirement of soft skills by
learners be included in the objectives of the curricula at higher education and
also that self-directed learning model and the circular self-directed learning
model developed in this study be applied in research/application-oriented
courses at undergraduate / graduate levels of higher education.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

Higher education, Soft skills, Self-directed learning model, Traditional review study

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