Life skills for children & adolescents: teacher trainees' perception
Life skills Education (LSE) is a means to an end of many problems
that the younger generation faces with the fastest changing world
and to deal the challenges of everyday life. WHO pioneered the
concept of LSE and it is recognized widely. But this important
approach of developing the positive coping abilities and resiliency
among the younger generation is yet to be widely practices by the
teaching communities at different levels. This book focused on the
Trainee teachers' perception about the importance of life
skills for the development of the children and adolescents. The ten
key mother skills can be tailor made according to the specific
need, situation and cultural context to ensure maximum benefit for
the students in a classroom setting. The teachers being the key in
this approach should be sensitized, trained and supported to
practice life skills with their students. This book explained how
teachers, family members can play an effective role in development
of these skills and discussed how the curricular/co-curricular
activities should be used for life skills education for the
children and adolescents.
Dr Subhasis Bhadra, Master of Social Work, M Phil. Ph D from, NIMHANS. Presently, Assistant Professor in Social Sciences Department, Gautam Buddha University. His expertises are psychosocial support, disaster interventions, life skills approach to work with children, youths for resiliency building. He worked internationally for humanitarian needs.
