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Model of Acquiring Transversal Competences Among Students on the Example of the Analysis of Communication Competences

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The article presents a model of a method of accelerating the acquisition of transversal competences by students, based on the example of communication competences. The analysis uses the MARS method to create the best model describing the impact of various variables on accelerating the acquisition of communication competences. The following variables were taken into account: the rank of the training method in the developed matrix, the number of students and the weighted average acceleration rate of acquiring the remaining transversal competences, i.e. teamwork, entrepreneurship and creativity of a given student. The results confirm that our new method accelerates the acquisition of transversal competences by students. This method can be used by various higher education institutions in different countries. The developed results can be used in the curriculum of already planned vocational courses and to develop the skills required by employers in various positions and in different professions.

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    Marek Goliński, Małgorzata Spychała & Marek Miądowicz

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Goliński, M., Spychała, M., Miądowicz, M. (2022). Model of Acquiring Transversal Competences Among Students on the Example of the Analysis of Communication Competences. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Trojanowska, J., Yildirim, S. (eds) Innovations in Mechatronics Engineering. icieng 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79168-1_32

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