Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Science Teacher Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Science Teacher Education majors need many skills, but most especially Instructing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Science Teacher Education majors need more than the average amount of Instructing, Learning Strategies, Science, Writing, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving, Programming, Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Mathematics, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Systems Evaluation, Service Orientation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Operation and Control, Technology Design, Persuasion, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Judgment and Decision Making, Coordination, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Science Teacher Education majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Instructing is very distinctive for majors, but the Instructing, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Speaking, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Monitoring, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Science, Time Management, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Coordination, Service Orientation, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Quality Control Analysis, Programming, Technology Design, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.