Life Skill Education
Objectives:
Understand the Life skills, Life Skill Education .
Identify the use of communication skills and different modes of writing skills in real situations.
Demonstrate interview skills, critical thinking and creative thinking skills.
Comprehend the interpersonal skills and adopt good leadership behaviour for empowerment of self and others.
Know impact and Etiquette of Electrical Gadgets.
Understand the Personal Health & Hygiene.
Develop attitude & Character building
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Unit 1: Introduction to life skills and life skill education
Concept of life skills, Meaning and Definition of life skills, Survival skills, Livelihood skill, components of life skills, need for life skill training, Capacity building approach, Personal and academic skills, Employability skills, Managerial skills, Social skills.
Unit 2: Conceptual frame-work or life skill education
Meaning and definition of life skill education, Pillars of education, LSE for well-being for civic engagement, Disaster management, Perspectives, opportunities and challenges in application of LSE.,
Unit 3: Communication skill
Definition, need and importance, affecting factors, Barriers of communication, types of communication, styles of communication, effective communication techniques, listening and types of listening, tips for public speaking effectively, Application and resume preparation, Interview facing, Group discussion
Unit 4: Health and attitude
Balanced diet – healthy habits- components of Balanced diet – Physical fitness techniques, Personal hygine, Gadgets addiction – shadow hunters – positive Impact & Negative Impact – causes and consequences – how to handle digital, Telephone etiquette
Unit 5: Attitude building
Manners and Etiquette, Self esteem, self control, self respect, self awareness, self acceptance,EQ,SQ,IQ, Emotions, stress and strain, Conflict resolutions, steps and stages, Positive thinking, understand self, Receive criticism and complaints positively.
SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS.
1.Brown,T.(2012).Change by Design Harper Business.
2.Livermore D.A.(2010).Leading with cultural intelligence: The New Secret to success:New York: American Management Association.
3.Patra,Avinash(2012),The Spiritual Life and Culture of India. Oxford University Press.
4.ShantikumarGhosh,(2004),Universal Values The Ramakrishna Mission,Kolkata.
5.Sinek S.(2009).Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. Penguin.
6.Ashokan.M.S.(2015).Karmayogi:A.Bbiographyof E.Sreedharan.Penquin,UK.
7.James,Larry.(2006).The first book lifeskills,Mumbai.Embassy Books.
8.Joshi Rokeach (1973).The nature of human values.New Yourk: The Free Press
9.Ravikanth Rao.K& Dinakar,P.(2018).Life Skills educations,New Delhi: Neelkamal Publications.
10.Swift,Keilly.(2021).Life skills,Barnes & Noble.
E-RESOURCES & REFERENSES:
1.https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimberlyfries/2018/02/08/8-essential -qualities-that-define-great-leadership/#452ecc963b63.
2.https://www.ted.
3.www.ted.com/talks/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention.
4.https://nptel.ac.in/courses/122105021/9
5.https://www.sscnasscom.com/
6.https://www.sscnasscom.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
After completion of this course, the student – teachers will be able to:
CO1: gain Self Competency and Confidence.
CO2: demonstrate cognitive skills and life skills.
CO3: explain the uses of time management skill and social skills.
CO4: analyze the ways to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
CO5:Describe personal health and character building activities.
