Towards Quality Literacy for All by Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra

1. Dr. Dheeraj Mehrotra
Academic Evangelist,Author & National Awardee
NEXT EDUCATION INDIA PVT. LTD. Hyderabad

2. UNDERSTANDING LIFE SKILLS
A TEACHER’S PROSPECTIVE
THE ABILITIES FOR ADAPTIVE AND POSITIVE
BEHAVIOUR THAT ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO
DEAL EFFECTIVELYWITH THE DEMANDS
AND CHALLENGS OF EVERYDAY LIFE (WHO)

3. THE TEN CORE LIFE SKILLS AS LAID DOWN BY WHO
ARE:
§ SELF AWARENESS
§ EMPATHY
§ CRITICALTHINKING
§ CREATIVETHINKING
§ DECISION MAKING
§ PROBLEM SOLVING
§ EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
§ INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
§ COPINGWITH STRESS
§ COPINGWITH EMOTIONS

4. Once students realize that your classroom is a safe place,their minds are free to learn.

6. Gracious in defeat!What Usain Bolt told Justin Gatlin
after losing final 100m race at London meet.

12. INCORPORATE
TOOLS OF NLP:
Neuro Linguistic
Programming:
A methodology
for modeling
Excellence!

17. §Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace
§Professional Networking: Linkedin
§Photo Sharing: Flickr
§Video Sharing:YouTube,Vimeo
§Document Sharing: Slideshare, Scribd
§Social Bookmarks: Delicious
§Blog Platforms: Blogspot,Wordpress
§Microblogs:Twitter
§Virtual World: SecondLife, GoJiyo
§Crowdsourced Content: Redditt, Digg

18. WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR LIFE SKILLS
EDUCATION?
§Life skills have been defined by the World Health Organization
as “abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable
individuals to deal effectively with the demands and
challenges of everyday life”.

19. WHO NEEDS LIFE SKILLS?
§“The work world has changed so that social skills are at
a premium. Over 70% of jobs today involve
membership of a team… Increased technology in the
workplace is associated with interdependence …teams
cooperate with teams. In today’s world teamwork skills
are employability skills.”

20. HOW ARE THEY IMPARTED?
§In and beyond the classroom
§We need to equip our students with the kind of skills
that will enable them to meet the new challenges. These
are skills that you, as a successful, effective professional,
probably use every day without too much thought.

21. PEER EDUCATORS APPROACH
§Put your students in the position of decision
makers.
§Role playing the various positions in class.

22. OPENING ROUTINES
§Share one word
§Share the link of the day
§Grab a Goal

23. CLOSING ROUTINES
§Rate the learning or lesson
§Closing Statement or Question
§What did you learn?
§What surprised you?
§What is unclear?
§What do you want to know about?

24. DIFFERENT METHODS TO ENHANCE LIFE SKILLS IN
STUDENTS & TEACHERS
Class discussions
Brainstorming
Role plays, Special Assembly based on Life Skills topics
Case studies
Story telling
Debates etc.

25. KEY STEPS IN LIFE SKILLS APPLICATION
§Defining and promoting life skills.
§Promoting Skills Acquisition and Performance
§Fostering skill maintenance/ generalisation

26. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS
§I read, I forget, I discuss, I
remember,I do, I inculcate.

27. ENCOURAGE, EMPOWER,
ENRICH THE STUDENTS
§100 ways to say
GREAT!

28. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #1
§Life skills are essentially those abilities that help
promote overall wellbeing and competence in
young people as they face the realities of life.

29. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #2
§Life skills are the beginning of wisdom which
focuses on behaviour change or developmental
approach designed to address a balance of three
areas- knowledge,attitude and skills.

30. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #3
§Life skills enable individuals to translate
knowledge, attitude and values into actual
abilities, what to do and how to do it, given the
scope and opportunity to do so.

31. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #4
§Life skills however are not a panacea of “how to
do abilities” as they are not the only factors that
affect behavour. There are many factors such as
social support, culture and environment that
affect motivation and ability to behave in positive
ways.

32. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #5
§Effective acquisition and application of Life
Skills can influence the way one feels about
others, ourselves and will equally influence the
way we are perceived by others. It contributes to
perception of self confidence and self esteem.

33. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #6
§Life skills for psychosocial competence needs to
be distinguished from other important skills that
young people will acquire as they grow up such
as reading, numbers, technical and livelihood
skills.

34. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #7
§Life skills education involves a dynamic
teaching process. The methods used to facilitate
this active involvement includes working in
small groups and pairs, brainstorming, role
plays, games and debates.

35. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #8
§We all use Life Skills in different situations such as:
a) To negotiate effectively at home, school or work
place, we need to have thinking skills as well as
social skills
§b) When faced with difficult situations we tend to
think critically, to analyze all the pros and cons of
the situation to think out of box to find a solution to
seemingly difficult problems.

36. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #9
§Many life skills are required to manage a
particular situation effectively. In a way, various
Life Skills work best in conjunction. In fact, the
appropriate combination of Life Skills in a given
moment is an art.

37. LIFE SKILLS COMMANDMENTS #10
§Children learn their Life Skills from parents,
teachers and significant others who act as their
role model. They gradually learn to use a
particular skill effectively in diverse situation to
cope with challenges of life.

38. A TEACHER’S LESSON

42. H A P P I N E S S

45. SOME IMPORTANT
TOPICS:
• LIFE SKILLS : IMPORTANCE WITHIN OUR
CLASSROOMS
• TEACHING LIFE SKILLS
• TYPES OF LIFE SKILLS
• PROBLEM PARENTS

47. THANKS
§Email : dheerajm@nexteducation.in
§Website: www.dheerajmehrotra.com
§LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdheerajmehrotra
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