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How can teachers integrate life skills into their teaching?

Teachers need to focus on student behaviour, how can they do that?

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Question added by Majeda Tahboub , Expert Educator , Jude Publications
Date Posted: 2013/04/25
Eman Hamouda
by Eman Hamouda , English and Science teacher , Al Ru'ya bilingusl school

According to my experience,my studeants have always enjoyed stories,movies,plays,songs,role modeling,writing about thier own experiences.
Games and fieldtrips are great ways too but ones which need budget.
Service learning projects like raising money for a charity reason or organizing a sale or planting the school garden are practical experiences which little learners enjoy.But you will always need your administration support and willing to help around and apply the skills inside and outside the classes.

mohammed almujahid
by mohammed almujahid , Taiz province , ministry of education

Can we follow the Chinese's proverbs? we'll see: Tell me, I'll forget Show me, I'll remember Involve me, I'll learn not to follow the first part of the proverb not to follow the second part of the proverb But to follow the third part of the proverb, we can integrate the four skills by using activities in collaborative learning.

Anu Jacob
by Anu Jacob , English Teacher in Secondary School , Ministry of Education, Oman.

Each topic gives some room for the teacher to connect it with real life situation. It demands careful planning and what we call 'teachers' skill' to make proper use of what he knows, read, acquired or experienced.  Anyway, no teaching is effective unless it is linked to life skills.

Mohammed Salim Allana
by Mohammed Salim Allana , Compliance and Assurance Manager , United Arab Bank

Too much theory is always boring; to make your subjects more lively, make interactive presentations and provide current and live examples (tell personal or your friends experience) to explain the difficult concepts. This will make your subject most interesting and students will remember forever.

BashirAhamd BASHIR
by BashirAhamd BASHIR , teacher , EDUCATION

Main object of education is to provide  life skills in students, education with out lifeskills is nothing

because they become a civilized person of the state,for example, empathy, sympathy, tolerance, sacrifice, helping, love, respect, etc.

 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

I can recommend the following methods to incorporate life skills in the teaching process:

1) Story-telling, especially if you host professionals to talk about these skills

2) Hands-on experience in the lab (if you are describing a professional skill) or field trips to locations where the skill is deonstrated (work area for example)

3) role-playing: organize the students into groups and have them demonstrate some life skills to their class through acting.

Rola Dawood
by Rola Dawood , Sr. Payroll Officer , Alghanim Industries

examples....

Roms Evan Abanes
by Roms Evan Abanes , IT Consultant / System Developer / Computer Technology Specialist , MCE Academy

As per experience in the academe for almost a decade, i always start with motivation before delivering the lesson. Give the students examples on how a particular lesson can be used in life or show them success stories of other individual excelling in the same lesson as being discussed always help in bridging the gap between what is taught in the classroom and with how it is used in real life. Integrating life skills into teaching is not only required but a must for students to feel the relevance of their studies.

NORMAN TEJAROS
by NORMAN TEJAROS , TEACHER , Southville International School and Colleges

What you can do is enumerate the life skills and explain how it may be incorporated in teaching.

Hisham MOSTAFA
by Hisham MOSTAFA , Deputy Director of School , Naguib Mahfouz O.L School

By presenting examples and educational activities of life and the environment in which they live and providing an appropriate learning environment that mimics the environment in which they live or dream

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