Soft Skills & Metacognition as Inclusion Amplifiers in the 21st Century

Authors

  • Eleni Mitsea N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”
  • Athanasios Drigas N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”
  • Panagiotis Mantas N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v17i04.20567

Keywords:

soft-skills, green skills, mental abilities, executive functions, metacognition, intelligence, inclusion, employability, education

Abstract


In the present paper we investigate soft skills in the light of metacognition. We seek the essential soft skills in the 21st century including green skills and look into their cognitive and metacognitive background. Enlightening the soft skills’ dependence on metacognition, we conclude on a metacognition-based approach and suggest useful tools and strategies. The metacognitive approach of soft skills can be applied in a variety of educational contexts as a training paradigm to accelerate the inclusion and success of students, employees and citizens, especially those belonging in vulnerable groups like persons with disabilities.

Author Biographies

Eleni Mitsea, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

Eleni Mitsea is with Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications - Net Media Lab & Mind-Brain R&D, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: e.mitsea@gmail.com).

Athanasios Drigas, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

Athanasios Drigas is a Research Director at N.C.S.R. ‘Demokritos’, Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications - Net Media Lab & Mind-Brain R&D, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: dr@iit.demokritos.gr).

Panagiotis Mantas, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos”

Panagiotis Mantas is with Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications - Net Media Lab & Mind-Brain R&D, Agia Paraskevi, 153 10, Athens, Greece (e-mail: panagiotisnmantas@gmail.com )

 

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Published

2021-04-06

How to Cite

Mitsea, E., Drigas, A., & Mantas, P. (2021). Soft Skills & Metacognition as Inclusion Amplifiers in the 21st Century. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 17(04), pp. 121–132. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v17i04.20567

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 04 (2021)

Section

Papers

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