Life skills facts,
Life skills are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life.
Definition
The World Health Organization defines life skills as "abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life." In primary and secondary education, life skills may refer to a skill set that accommodates more specific needs of modern industrialized life; examples include money management, food preparation, hygiene, basic literacy and numeracy, and organizational skills.[citation needed] Life skills are sometimes, but not always, distinguished from occupational skills.
Subsets
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) divide life skills into subsets of categories:
Learning to know: Cognitive abilities
Critical thinking skills
Analyzing peer and media influences
Analyzing attitudes, values, social norms and beliefs and factors affecting these
Identifying relevant information and information sources
Learning to be: Personal abilities
Skills for increasing internal locus of control
Self-esteem and confidence-building skills
Self-awareness skills including awareness of rights, influences, values, attitudes, strengths and weaknesses
Goal-setting skills
Self-evaluation, self-assessment, and self-monitoring skills
Skills for managing feelings
Anger management
Dealing with grief and anxiety
Coping skills for dealing with loss, abuse, trauma
Skills for managing stress
Time management
Positive thinking
Relaxation techniques
Learning to live together: Interpersonal abilities
Interpersonal communication skills
Verbal and nonverbal communication
Active listening
Expressing feelings; giving feedback (without blaming) and receiving feedback
Negotiation and refusal skills
Negotiation and conflict management
Assertiveness skills
Refusal skills
Empathy
Ability to listen to and understand another's needs and circumstances and express that understanding
Cooperation and teamwork
Expressing respect for others' contributions and different styles
Assessing one's own abilities and contributing to the group
Advocacy skills
Skills of influence and persuasion
Networking and motivation skills
References
^ a b UNESCO: Introduction to Life Skills
^ UNICEF: Which skills are "life skills?"
See also:
General fitness training
Adult education
People skills
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