Islamic perspectives on instilling generic skills for students of higher learning institutions

• Main Authors: Khalim Zainal,, Jamsari Alias,, Mohamad Mohsin Mohamad Said,, Wan Zulkifli Wan Hassan,, Aminudin Basir @ Ahmad,, Zulkifli Mohamad,, Norshidah Mohamad Salleh,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9023/1/147-506-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9023/; http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/22

Generic skills can be defined as “core skills”,”key competencies”, ”underpinning skills” as well as “capabilities”. More recently, generic skills also include personal attributes that are linked with values and identity. The commonly accepted definition of generic skills is “those transferable ski...