Art of Living - 24 Feb 2024

1. LIFE LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION SKILLS EDUCATION DISCOVER THE SKILLS THAT EVERY CHILD NEEDS

2. FFES FFES AIM SEVEN TARGETS AIM SEVEN TARGETS To provide QUALITY EDUCATION by fostering a creative environment, focusing on social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of each student in line with our national aspiration and religious norms

3. FF LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAMME AIM LSE programme aims to groom the students through sensitizing them about proper behaviour, socially and professionally, in formal and informal circumstances OBJECTIVES To build self-confidence and enhance self-esteem To develop overall personality of the students To improve communication, creative and critical thinking skills To help students master the art of expressing their thoughts and feelings in the most desired way

4. LIFE SKILLS THINKING SKILLS SOCIAL SKILLS EMOTIONAL SKILLS Communication Skills Critical Thinking Self Awareness Self Control/ Assertiveness Creative Thinking Interpersonal Skills Problem Solving / Decision Making Intrapersonal Skills Empathy

5. WHEN Threading beads approach to Life Skills Education

6. WHERE SCHOOL IS THE BEST PLACE Schools play an important role in children’s lives a setting in Schools play an important role in children’s lives a setting in which they spend at least which they spend at least 15,000 hours 15,000 hours on an on an average average

7. WHY SCHOOL? SCHOOL helps to develop…. WELL ROUNDED PERSONALITIES

8. • Are building blocks that allow students to apply knowledge they acquire in school to ACCORDING TO WHO, LIFE SKILLS real world • Empower young people to respond to real life situation in positive & responsible ways

9. Psychosocial competence is a person’s ability to: • Deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPETENCE • Maintain a state of mental well-being • Demonstrate adaptive and positive behavior while interacting with others, culture and environment

10. LIFE SKILLS • Are based on executive functions (affairs/تلاماعم); they bring together our social, emotional and cognitive capacities to solve problems and achieve goals Studies have found they are critical to success in School and Life

11. PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPETENCE LIFE SKILLS

12. LIFE SKILLS enable individuals to translate Knowledge, Attitudes And Values into actual abilities

13. Individual Activity List Down three most important life skills …

14. Self-awareness and empathy Communication and interpersonal skills Creative thinking and critical thinking Problem-solving and decision-making Assertiveness and self-control Resilience and ability to cope with problems

15. WHO WILL IMPLEMENT? TEACHERS A Good Teacher - is the one who inspires hope, ignites the imagination, and instills a love of learning, who gives their students something to take home to think about besides homework

16. Let’s Discuss What to do? and How to do it?

17. WHEN Curricular • Personality can be changed at any age • To change it, small steps must be taken every day Exta-curricular Co-curricular

18. CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • Student-centered Teaching Learning • Project Based Teaching Learning • Activity Based Teaching Learning

19. How? ACTIVE THINKING AND LEARNING The active learning does not always being active. A child can learn actively while reading quietly, listening to others, speaking or writing

20. Active Thinking and Learning • Enable children to think/ respond while learning. They just do not receive information passively • Encourage children to think for themselves, to develop ideas and to suggest possible solutions • Help them to apply the knowledge and skills in their life. Passive learning does not develop life skills

21. METHODS OF TEACHING - LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION Teaching Techniques Experiential learning Working in small groups Brainstorming Group of four, five or six Role-play Working in pairs/ elbow partners Mind Games/ Engineering Mind Maps Research Group Discussion Drawing Out of class activities/ projects Sports and Games Story Telling Reading quietly / Silent Reflection Feedback STEAM Exercises Student-generated test/ question

23. Experiential learning activities can help students: Remain focused -- Students who are engaged and learning actively are less likely to become bored and disinterested Learn differently -- When students are involved in the learning process they are more engaged emotionally, helping them experience learning in a dynamic, new way Learn faster -- Learning firsthand requires deep problem-solving and critical thinking. These processes boost student engagement, accelerating learning and improving content retention

24. Understanding Individual Learning Styles

25. TEACHING RESOURCES TEACHING RESOURCES Use Teaching Resources to make lesson meaningful Flash cards Realia Maps Pictures Models

26. PARTICIPATION/INTERACTION Student ----- Student • Explanation • Demonstration • Brainstorming • Probe • Questions • Queries • Help/Request • Discussion • Think-pair-share • Table talk • Group task Teacher ----- Student Student ------ Teacher

27. WE REMEMBER 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we see and hear 70% of what we see, hear and discuss 90% of what we see, hear, discuss and practice

28. Morning Assembly (daily) CCA/ ECA Science & Arts Exhibition (annual) Library & Games (weekly) •Life Skills Education Inter-school Competitions (annual) Tutorial (monthly) CCA/ECA Week (terminal) 28

29. Tilawat & Translation • Urdu/English) • Completion of Qur’an Kalima (1-6) • Kalima with Translation in rotation • Iman e Mufasil and Iman e Mujamil with translation in rotation Theme-based Activities – T&E, Edn Deptt • Masnoon Dua with translation • Urdu/ English Speech / Elocution • Milli Naghma / Lab pe atti hai dua ker lo / Role-play • News Bulletin; important news national and international level such as celebrations, important days, as well as school news • A Take-Home Message. Message of the day – also be written on the School Board/ Class boards National Anthem/ National Slogan March past conducted by Parade Society with drum beat/ music

30. MORNING ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES School Assembly Class Assembly • Recitation • Quran – three to five verses daily (completion in the assembly) • Masnoon Duain as per Islamiat Syllabus • Recitation as given in FF SOS • Short Qur’anic Surahs • Masnoon Duain • Asma ul Hussna • Names of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

31. Individual Activity Time – 5 mins Group 1 – Draw your portrait; be creative Group 2 – Make a T chart to write and draw tasks that you like/ do not like to perform Group 3 – Prepare your wish list and compare it with your daily routine tasks Group 4 – Name the special person with one reason why you admire the person Group 5 – Draw symbols of your favourite things, actions, and emotions Group 6 – Prepare a mind map and mention your qualities with supporting details Group 7 – Draw and Name the favourite food that you can cook

32. Debrief • Did you enjoy doing these activities? • What did you like doing most/ least? Why? • What was the hardest thing about these activities? • What have you learned from doing this exercise? • About yourself • About others • Is there something you want to do again?

33. Role & Responsibilities • Provide encouragement, support, and access to activities that enable the child to master key developmental tasks. A child's learning and socialization are most influenced by the family since the family is the child's primary social group Parent • Maps out different ways in which various subjects are linked with one another which leads to a greater ability to make and remember connections and to solve problems School Management • Developing and implementing lesson plans for academic and life skills subjects, supervising groups of students, and managing behavioural challenges in the classroom Teachers

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