Thursday, November 29, 2012

Key Principles To Life Skills Education

By Ethel Harris


It will be more effective for children to go through life skills education if they have a great educator. It would be great if the educator is someone who can be depended on when the children need them the most. The kind of relationship that the educator should have with the child should not be one with like that of a supervisor's and an employee.

In terms of safe learning environment, the person should always see to it that the said environment is a place that the children or the young people will want to be in. It should also be at a time that they want to gather. That specific time should be long enough for them to learn anything and at a regular interval.

There are different kinds of people who can attend the said learning session. The main focus are the children though. The children should come in a mixed age group with mixed abilities. The educator should diversify as much as possible so that the children will be able to learn well from the other participants.

The educator should be keen enough on keeping his capabilities on top. This means that he needs to make sure that his language is appropriate for the child to hear. It is only right to entrust the child's learning sessions to an educator who knows how to communicate well with them. He should be responsive too.

Children can be very difficult to handle so the educator should come prepared. The teacher should set up as good role models so that the children can determine whether their actions are good or bad properly. However, the adult does not have to act as if he knows everything. He should not use superiority.

It is important that the educator knows just who the sessions belong to. Each and every session that one goes through is both for him and the children. This is because the session should be able to foster a good bond between the children and the educator. This will make it easier to create a thorough structure and guidance.

Treating the children as partners is very important. As what has been said, there is no superior class and inferior class when it comes to this. He does not have to act as if he is on top of the pyramid. If he treats the kids as equals, he should be able to support them properly. He can give them the right guidance they need.

Learn how to listen. The children and the young people knows when the adults are listening to them properly and when they do not. He should not try too hard to become a professional listener. He should also learn how to admit his own problems and his own weaknesses so that he can negotiate a solution with the children.

Take in mind that the child has a mind of their own. Remember that the children know about themselves and their lives the best. He should learn to respect their own opinion and experiences, as part of their life skills education.




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