Soft Skills: Critical Thinking
Soft Skills: Critical Thinking
This microcredential gives participants an understanding of critical thinking soft skills within the workplace. At the completion of this microcredential, participants will be able to identify ways to improve their critical thinking skills.
MICROCREDENTIAL ID: PDO-SSW-0019
CREDENTIAL: Soft Skills for the Workplace
CREDITS: 1.0 CEU (10 hours)
AUTHOR: Dr. Mandy Cenker
Registration
How to Earn This Microcredential
Participants will need to submit evidence of learning, implementing, and reflecting on critical thinking skills in the workplace. This includes a written overview of the important elements of critical thinking, an implementation plan, and a reflection on lessons learned in this microcredential.
Fees
Participants submitting this microcredential for review will be assessed an administrative fee of $50. Participants who successfully complete the microcredential will receive a certificate showing completion of 1.0 CEU.
Why Get This Microcredential?
This microcredential is part of the Soft Skills for the Workplace Credential. This microcredential focuses on critical thinking strategies to improve those skills.
What are soft skills? Soft skills, also called non-technical skills, are interpersonal skills that determine a person’s ability to work well with others in the workplace. These skills include adaptability and flexibility, communication, critical thinking, and teamwork and collaboration. Soft skills play a vital role for professional success; they help us excel in the workplace.
Benefits of this Microcredential
Critical thinking is one of the top three soft skills U.S. employers have the most trouble finding (Reimagining the Workforce 2021: Close the Skills Gap Through Education). Critical thinking fosters your ability to “think outside the box.” By using these skills, you will be able to weigh the pros on cons of different options and make informed decisions; thus, increasing your workplace confidence and success.
Standards
Evidence Review
Candidates interested in earning this microcredential must submit three pieces of evidence: one piece related to learning, one related to implementing, and one related to reflecting.
When you are ready for your evidence review, submit your pieces of evidence for feedback from a qualified instructor.