ANALYSIS OF GENERIC SKILL AMONG PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

Abstract

Generic skills include thinking skills such as logical and analytical reasoning, problem solving and, intellectual curiosity; effective communication skills, teamwork skills, and capacities to identify, access and manage knowledge and information; personal attributes such as imagination, creativity and intellectual rigor; and values such as ethical practice, persistence, integrity and tolerance. It is widely used to refer to a range of qualities and capacities that are increasingly viewed as important in higher education (Hager, P, Holland, S & Beckett, D 2002, Enhancing the learning and employ ability of graduates: the role of generic skills, Position paper (Business/Higher Education Round Table), no. 9, Business/Higher Education Round Table, Melbourne). Physical education students learn different sports and physical activities, and compete in and learn a variety of games. The majority of students with state anxiety in physical education perform better on the field than in the classroom. Hence, this study made an attempt to analyze the generic skills among physical education students. To achieve the purpose, 100 physical education students were randomly selected as a subject around Tamilnadu, India. Inventory of generic skill questionnaire was developed by (Williams & May, 1996). The results show that physical education students considered all generic skills as important for accounting graduates to be successful in employment with ethical skills being rated as most important. In addition, they perceived that graduates should acquire a reasonably high level of competence in all five skills categories.