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Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives Will Tyson

Palgrave Studies in Urban Education

Series Editors Alan R. Sadovnik Rutgers University–Newark Newark, NJ, USA Susan F. Semel Secondary Education City College of New York New York, NY, USA

More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14572

Will Tyson

Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives

Will Tyson Department of Sociology University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA

Palgrave Studies in Urban Education ISBN 978-3-030-58743-7 ISBN 978-3-030-58744-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58744-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © South_agency/E+/getty images This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To my parents, William and Mildred, teachers who taught me to value education and inspired me to share the value of educators

Contents

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Introduction: Employability Skills in the Twenty-First Century Workforce “Employability Skills That People Have Forgotten” Purpose The Desire for Employability Skills Identifying Employability Skills Teaching Employability Skills in Applied CTE Courses Book Overview References

1 1 3 6 7 11 15 17

2

Background and Methodology Florida Context: Industry and Education Methodology References

23 23 27 36

3

Core Elements of Work Ethic The Need for Soft Skills Personal Responsibility: Doing the Basics Engineering Mindset and Work Ethic Willingness to Learn Reference

37 37 41