Making Employability Skill Assessment Explicit: Isn’t it time?

Abstract

With architectural education facing a growing list of crises, one issue that has received less attention, but arguably lies at the foundation of many of these challenges, is around assessment of employability skills. Also referred to as ‘soft’ skills, ‘generic’ skills or more recently ‘power’ skills, these include critical thinking, problem solving, interpersonal skills, a capacity for logical and independent thought, communication and information management skills, intellectual curiosity and rigor, creativity, ethical awareness and practice, integrity and tolerance (Bath et al., 2004). By definition, these skills are essential for individuals to effectively engage in professional practice, ..