Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education majors need more than the average amount of Management of Material Resources, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Monitoring, Active Listening, Operations Analysis, Instructing, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Technology Design, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Writing, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Management of Personnel Resources, Time Management, Persuasion, Management of Financial Resources, Coordination, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making, Mathematics, Programming, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Operation Monitoring, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, 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 Family & Consumer Sciences 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 Management of Material Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Writing, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Coordination, Service Orientation, Persuasion, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Technology Design, Programming, Operation Monitoring, Troubleshooting, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.