Transcript Life Skil Education

Dr.Jisu Ketan Pattanaik
District Planning & Monitoring
Unit(DPMU),Unicef,Koraput
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WHO(1993):Abilities for adaptive and positive
behaviour, It helps to deal effectively with the demands
and challenges of every day life within the family and
community.
Life Skills Approach-refers to the interactive process of
teaching and learning which focuses on acquiring
knowledge, attitudes and skills which support behaviour
that enable us to take greater responsibility for own
lives, by making healthy choices, gaining greater
resistance to negative pressures and minimizing harmful
behaviour
Self-Awareness
Effective Communication
Interpersonal Relationship
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Empathy
Coping with Stress
Recognisation of
Self/our self
Knowing about
me(Who am I?)
and my body
Self-image,
Self-confidence
My peer group
My place in the
Community
Know my strength
& weakness, needs,
Likes/Dislikes
I like myself
even though I
am imperfect
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Exchange our thoughts & feelings
Knowing what is to be said
What is the mode of Communication
Appropriate both verbal and Non-verbal
communication
Communication involves(talking, arguing,
exchanging
ideas,
chatting,
giving
information).
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Communication takes place when a sender
transmits a message through media to
receiver who responds.
The process is incomplete if the message is
not received in its original form.
If a student does not understand what the
teacher is teaching, we cannot cal l it effective
communication.
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The skill to maintain effective interpersonal
relations is one of the most practically applying
life-skills.
It depends on the respect, sincerity and the
honesty among individuals and based on
understanding.
Positive interpersonal attitude make one’s
thinking wide and one can become a broad
minded person who can adjust well with others
in life every where.
By developing good interpersonal relations we
can create an environment where we can
succeed and can feel good about ourselves.
Father
Mother
Family
Daughter
Son
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Novel way of doing things/exploring ideas.
Creative thinking helps us respond adaptively
and flexibly in our every day life situation-it
is about looking beyond our direct
experience, exploring available alternatives
and the various consequences of our actions.
It helps to deal constructively with the
problems in our lives.
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Critical thinking enable us to analyze
information and experience objectively and
assess the factors that influence the way we
think and act.
Critical thinking is important for any of our
crucial life decisions.
It is the process of determining the
authenticity, accuracy or value of something.
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It is ability to imagine what life is like for
another person.
Recognizing the value of another person’s
point of view.
Recognizing that all people have feeling,
helping and caring for others.
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It helps us to deal constructive with decisions
about our life.
Changing decisions to adapt to new
situations.
Goal setting
Future planning
Choices
Determine the best course of action
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Problem solving skills empower us not only to
control our problem, but can turn them to
opportunities.
Is there any solution?
Who can solve our problems?
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Recognizing the sources of stress in our
lives?
How stress affects us.
Take action to reduce the sources of stress
Learning how to relax so that tensions
created by unavoidable stresses do not give
rise to health problems
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Integration of life-skill education with
curriculum is essential for teaching in the
classroom.
Efforts should be made to integrate language,
social science, environmental studies, health
& hygiene with specific issues of adolescence
and reproductive child health, AIDS, child
marriage, culture and custom, festivals,
dowry, child rights, drugs and disaster
management in the context of life-skill
education