The importance of transversal skills in higher education curricula and in the labor market

Abstract

The main goal of the education system is to prepare specialists equipped with transversal skills. These skills have the potential to find optimal decisions for complex problems in the future, as well as one of the most pressing issues in society today. Transversal skills are the basis for the formation of digital and information literacy, critical thinking, leadership, communication, problem-solving and etc., as well as the knowledge that will help the future to discover the skills. The purpose of the research presented in the article is to conduct an empirical study that will allow us to determine the transversal skills of future specialists. At the theoretical level, the article provides an analysis of the concepts of «transversality» and «transversal skills». An empirical part was carried out through the methodologies «XXI century digital skills instrument aimed at working professionals: Conceptual development and empirical validation» (Ester v.Laar, Alexander J., Jan M., Jos de Haan) and «Communicative and organizational abilities» (V.V. Sinyavsky, V.А. Fedoroshin) to diagnose transversal skills which were mentioned above. In order to define the level of critical thinking was used Starkey Lauren’s test was in the adaptation of E.V. Lutsenko. As a result of the research, there were identified and differentiated the transversal skills of future teachers.