A Study of Social Skills Training Program Design for STEM Students in a Global Society: Focusing on Evaluation and Curriculum Design

Abstract

The development of Social Skills is quite important for STEM students in a global society. In this article, we evaluated programs aimed at STEM students for the purpose of social skills training. The programs that were developed had three unique points; 1) A Hybrid Program with a set of Curricula, Co-Curricula, and Extra-Curricula. 2) Rich individualized instructions. 3) Peer learning community. It became clear that the students realized that the social skills were arising from the results of the questionnaire administered to the students. Therefore, the Hybrid Program and other systems discussed in this research are considered to be an effective way of training social skills for STEM students.