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Developing Soft Skills through Dual Higher Education: A Comparison of Education and Business Master’s StudentsGrupo de investigación
Hezkuntza berrikuntzaInnovación educativa
Hezkuntza prozesuak
Procesos educativos
Hizkuntzak eta kulturak gizartean eta eskolan
Lenguas y culturas en la sociedad y en la escuela
STEM eta digitalizazioa
STEM y digitalización
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Copyright (c) 2026 Paula Álvarez-Huerta, Ainara Imaz Aguirre, Iraia Urkia-BasterraAcceso
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https://doi.org/10.82321/01dhbw-24m63Publicado en
The European Scientific Journal for Dual Higher Education (ESJ DHE) Vol. 2 No. 1, 1-13Primera página
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EU4Dual European University AlliancePalabras clave
Soft skillsDual higher education
Pre-service teachers
Business education
Materia (Tesauro UNESCO)
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This exploratory study examines changes in selected soft skills among master’s students participating in Dual Higher Education (DHE) programmes and investigates whether these changes differ between fi ... [+]
This exploratory study examines changes in selected soft skills among master’s students participating in Dual Higher Education (DHE) programmes and investigates whether these changes differ between fields of education and business. Using a pre–post design, data were collected from a convenience sample of 17 students enrolled DHE master’s programmes in education and business. Students completed a questionnaire before and after participating in the programme, and repeated-measures analysis of variance was conducted to analyse changes over time, differences between fields of study, and interaction effects. The results indicated a significant improvement over time in oral and written communication skills, with a medium-to-large effect size. Education students reported consistently higher efficacy beliefs than business students at both measurement points, suggesting stable field-related differences. In addition, a significant interaction between time and field of study was found for social competence, with education students scoring higher than business students at post-test. These findings suggest that DHE master’s programmes may effectively support the development of communication skills, while other soft skills appear to be shaped by disciplinary context and prior experiences. This underscores the need for discipline-sensitive and pedagogically intentional programme design. [-]
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