Lesson: 1 Life Skills
Table of contents:
1. Aims and goals2. Good Habits and Bad Habits3. Duties to
one-self and society4. Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a
society / group
Life Skills Life skills refer to skills usually associated with
managing and living a better life. It refers to behaviors used
appropriately and responsible in managing different events of life.
It focuses on integrating the real life applications.
Importance of life skills Life skills are important for personal
development. It helps us to fulfill the ambitions and live life to
fullest It provide standards based instruction to special education
students
Definition of life skill by UNICEFUNICEF defines Life Skills as
a synthesis many skills are used simultaneously in practice. For
examples: decision making often involves critical overthinking
(what are my options?) and values clarification (what is important
to me?)
1.1 Aims and Goals
Aims: Aims is setting a determined course in order to achieve a
set target. Aims are usually long term.Eg: A person aims to take
required courses to become a doctor.
Goals: A goal is a desired result that a person wishes to
achieve. It is a set target that a person wishes to reach. Goals
can be short term or long terms.Eg: A person wishes to win an
international competition.
Why to set aims and goals?Effective aims and goal setting can
help to: Focus on the right things at the right time. Become more
confident Identify the necessary steps to be taken
1.2 Good habits and Bad Habits
Good habits: A behavior that is beneficial to ones physical or
mental health is called good habits, often linked to a high level
of discipline and self-controlExamples good habits Regular
exercise, balanced diet, etc.
Bad habits: A behavior that is unbeneficial to ones physical or
mental health is called bad habits. Examples: nail-biting, alcohol
consumptions etc.
1.2 Duties to oneself and societyGenerally, a duty/duties are
actions a person must or expected to perform. For example: society
expects parents to exercise certain duties in caring for their
children. No duty be performed properly unless duty is understood
totally.
Duty to oneself:Duty to oneself is simply to make on effort to
bring out the best in oneself to bring the best of ones abilities
and the qualities.
Duty to society: Duty to society may be performed in various
ways. This may be done better by providing services to the society
and investing ones time and money for the purpose. There are
various fields such as: social service, religion, education and so
on in which one way may work to serve the society.
1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a
society/group
Society is defined as population which shares the same
territory. Being a part of society/group has both advantages and
disadvantages depending on the type of people living in it.
Sometimes, being part of society can encourage you to perform
positive acts. Other times though, social group can cause you to
perform negative acts.
Advantages:1. Promotes teamwork2. Teacher cooperation3. Teaches
to share and care4. Sets behavior for peaceful living5. Provides
physical and psychological protection
Disadvantages:1. It sometimes, curbs individual freedom to
grow.2. Society uses forceful methods to apply the society rules.3.
It sometimes curbs the creativity of the individual.
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