The Degree to which Soft Skills are Included in the Vocational Education Curriculum for the eighth Grade in Jordan

مدى تضمين المهارات الرقمية في مناهج التربية المهنية

Abstract

The aim of the research was to try to identify the extent of including digital skills in vocational education curricula. To achieve this goal, the researcher designed a list of digital skills in the vocational education book for the eighth grade. This list was presented to specialized professors to express their opinion, and from that the final image of the list was reached. The vocational education curricula for the basic stage (eighth grade) were analyzed and the descriptive analytical approach was used by analyzing the content of the vocational education book for the basic stage, in order to extract the skills included in it and classify them in a list of digital skills. The research sample included the vocational education book for the eighth grade, and the curriculum included two books (first semester, second semester). A list of digital skills necessary for students to acquire in the basic stage was prepared, after reviewing the references and studies that were included in this field and benefiting from them in building the list. The analysis categories in the current research were represented in the skills included in the proposed list of digital skills and included (9) basic skills and there were (67) sub-skills. The vocational education curriculum was analyzed based on this list for the two semesters (first semester and second semester).