People skills
People skills cover a range of communication competencies. In business and organizational relations, emphasis on awareness, presentation, getting along with others, negotiation, conflict resolution and decision making.
Interactive communication skills include effective prosocial interaction, empathy, understanding personalities and teamwork. Influential components are cultural awareness, conversational language and non-verbal communication.
People skills defined as understanding ourselves and moderating our responses, talking effectively and empathizing accurately. It involves building trusting relationships with respect, productive interaction.
Research finds development of speaking/listening skills have improved self-awareness, social-emotional adjustment and classroom behavior. Self-destructive and violent behavior decreased.
People skills include psychological and social skills, less inclusive than life skills.
Life skills, abilities for adaptive and positive behavior to deal with the demands of everyday life. Life skills address self-esteem, sociability and tolerance. Life skills are different than physical or perceptual motor skills, health and livelihood skills, money management or entrepreneurial skills. Health and livelihood education can be designed to complement life skills.
Expected learning knowledge, values, attitudes and skills that relate to critical thinking, problem solving, self-management and inter-personal skills.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
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