CHRISTIAN MALUYO DHRT – 1A

LIFE SKILLS (FLIPS) – Life skills equip students to thrive in the classroom
and in he world beyond. The 21st century life skills are flexibility, initiative, social
skills, productivity, and leadership.

 Flexibility – Given the rapid rate of change in our world, the ability to adjust
and adapt is critical to success. Students needs to learn quickly analyze what
is going on around them and make adjustments on the fly-all the while
keeping their goals on the forefront of their minds.

The inquiry process requires and rewards flexibility. Instead of following a

set course or a rigid set of instructions, students must make constant course
corrections as they do the following:

o Set goals
o Seek answers
o Navigate information
o Collaborate with others
o Create something
o Evaluate their work
o Improve it
o Share it with the world

 Initiative – The entrepreneurial spirit is founded on initiative, the

willingness to step forward with an idea and take the risk to bringing it to
fruition. Students need to learn how to set goals for themselves, plan how
they will reach their goals.and enact their plans. By teaching students the
inquiry process, you equip them to take initiative. Students take the initiative
when they,

o Question
o Plan
 o Research
o Create
o Improve, and
o Present

Social skills – Human being have always been social creatures, connecting to and
depending on a tribe of some hundred others. Technology now allows people to
belong to multiple tribes; students at the same school, friends on Facebook
colleagues on LinkedIn, fans on fan sites, gamers on massively multiplayer online
games. Whether students are having face-to-face meeting or are tweeting with
hundreds of strangers, there are real human beings with real thoughts, feelings, and
needs on the other end. The best way for students to develop social skills is to
collaborate with others. When students work together on a project, they have
common goals and interests, they are required to develop social skills such as
these:

o Cooperation
o Compromise
o Decision making
o Communicating
o Using emotional intelligence
o Criticism
o Trusting others
o Delivering on promises
o Coordinating work

 Productivity – During the recent recession, the productivity of the American

worker reached an all-time high. Clearly, those who kept their jobs did so in
part by producing more than they needed to before. Workers who have lower
productivity are being lefyt behind.

By using the inquiry process and developing projects. Students learn the habits
of productivity:
 o Goal setting
o Planning
o Time management
o Research
o Development
o Evaluation
o Revision
o Application

 Leadership – Leadership is a suite of relative skills that combines the other life
skills. Good leaders take initiative. Have strong social skills, are flexible and are
productive. They also do the following:

o Identify goals
o Inspire others to share those goals
o Organize a group so that all members can contribute according to their
abilities
o Resolve conflicts among members
o Encourage the group to reach their goals
o Help group members solve problems and improve performance
o Give credit where it is due

That list pretty well describe what you do daily as a teacher because you are the
leader of your class. However, if students are perpetually in the role of follwers,
they never have to learn these skills. They need to occasionally become the
teacher, and inquiry allows them to do so. Group projects also require students to
take on leadership responsibilities. In provides many projects that can be done in
groups.

In a constantly changing environment, having life skills is an essential part of

being able to meet the challenges of everyday life. The dramatic changes in global
economies over the past five years have been matched with the transformation in
technology and these are all impacting education, the workplace and our homelife.
Today’s students will have many new jobs over the course of their lives, with
associated pressures and the need for flexibility.
Benefits for the individual in everyday life, the development of life skills helps
students to:

o Find new ways of thinking and problem solving

o Recognize the impact of their actions and teaches them to take
responsibility for what they do rather than blame others
o Build confidence both in spoken skills and for group collaboration and
cooperation
o Analyze options, make decisions and understand why thy make certain
choices outside the classroom
o Develop a greater sense of self-awareness and appreciation for others

Benefits for employment

While students work hard to get good grades, many still struggle to gain
employment. According to research employers are looking not just for academic
success but key employability skills including:

o The ability to self-manage, solve problems and understand the business

environment
o Working well as part of a team
o Time and people management
o Agility and adaptability to different roles and flexible working
environments
o The potential to lead by influence

Benefits for society

The more we develop life skills individually, the ,ore these affect and benefit the
world in which we live”

o Recognizing cultural awareness and citizenship makes international

cooperation easier
 o Respecting diversity allows creativity and imagination to flourish
developing a more tolerant society
o Developing negotiation skills, the ability to network and empathize can
help to build resoluions rather than resentments

Being confident not only improves your work life, it can also help your colleagues
perform better too. And its not only self-confidence that you meed to develop, you
must allow display an equal trust. Its also crucial to make sure that yourself
assurance never come across arrogant.