SOFT SKILLS TEACHING AND LEARNING IN MOROCCO: A META ANALYSIS

Soukaina Elouaali, Youcef Hdouch, Si Mohamed Chana

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Soft skills have become a debatable topic, and they have become one of the requirements of the workplace, especially in the era of globalization. That is to say, university graduates, for instance, need to master various soft skills before applying for a job such as communication, cooperation, leadership, and problem-solving, to mention a few. Hence, it is important to integrate and incorporate soft skills in the educational curriculum in order to enable the young generation to join the labor market. Regarding the importance of these skills, this meta-analysis is conducted to explore the situation of soft skills teaching and learning in Morocco. It is based on nine studies on soft skills teaching and learning in Morocco. The analysis supports the importance of soft skills’ inclusion in the Moroccan curriculum; the analyzed articles highly recommend role-play, problem-solving, task-based learning, and debates as effective teaching techniques for soft skills enhancement.

 

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soft skills teaching and learning, employability, Moroccan educational system, higher education, labor market

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v11i2.5198

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