A Seminar on Enhancing life skill for Learning to Live Together

Dhaneswar BeheraP.G students Ravenshaw University, Cuttack

What is life skill ? WHO (1997)

– “the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life” UNICEF (2001)

“life-skills based education is -behavior change or behavior development

approach -designed to address a balance of three areas: knowledge, attitude, and skills.

Why life skill Education ? Early identification of problems, early

intervention and support at key moments in lives of young people is vital.

Develop the positive attitude towards themselves and others.

Development of psychosocial abilities. To enhance capabilities and enlarge choices. To build different dimensions of well-being, by

building self-image & self-worth, which in turn help individuals to be less vulnerable to the variations within a given context.

World Education Forum, 2000Dakar Framework For Action

“the human right to benefit from an education that will meet their(youth’s) basic learning needs in the best and fullest sense of the term, an education that includes learning to know, to do, to live together and to be”

Life Skills Approach strengthens the ability of an individual to evolve, developing self-confidence and power to act, without being restricted to a single hands on skill.

UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO List10 Core Life Skill1. Problem-Solving2. Decision Making3. Critical Thinking4. Creative Thinking5. Communication Skills6. Self-Awareness7. Stress Management8. Empathy9. Interpersonal Relationship10.Coping with Emotion

The Four pillars of Education Learning to Know: Developing Reasoning It

relates to cognitive life skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills. It thus refers to both the acquisition of knowledge as well as the use of knowledge.

Learning to Do: Functioning and Capabilities It refers to central human functional capabilities of “Life”,

“Bodily Health”, “Bodily Integrity” and “Control over one’s Environment”

Learning to Live Together: Building Potential Through Social Capital It relates to communication skills, Negotiation skills, Refusal skills, Assertiveness skills, Interpersonal skills, Co-operation skills & Empathy skills

Learning to Be: Enhancing Agency It relates to self-management life skills related to self awareness, self esteem & self confidence, and coping skills .

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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. Henry Ford