Unit 1: Life skills

what are the 2 general aims of the south african curriculum

• Ensure that children acquire and apply knowledge and skills in ways that are meaningful to their own lives

• Promoting knowledge in local contexts while being sensitive to global imperatives

the 7 principles of the south african curriculum

• Social transformation

• active and critical learning

• high knowledge and high skills

• progression

• Human rights, inclusivity, environmental and social justice

• valuing indigenous knowledge systems

• credibility, quality and efficiency

the 4 purposes of the south african curriculum

• Equipping learners with the knowledge, skills and values necessary

• Providing access to higher education

• facilitating the transition of learners from education to the workplace

• providing employers with a sufficient profile of a learners competences

5 reasons we need life skills in schools

• PIRLS study shoes SA learners cannot ready for meaning

• Learners in central SA experience anxiety and depression

• Psycho social problems interfering with learners effective functioning in the classroom

• 14.2% of primary school learners are overweight

• GBV is increasing in schools and society

3 life skills needed for the 21st century

• Creativity

• innovation

• critical thinking

• problem solving

• communication skills

• collaboration skills

• productivity and accountability

• self control

• technological skills

• flexible in decision making

• leadership skills

• responsibility

which 4 topics do south african parents want learners to learn

• Health risk behaviors

• self esteem and confidence

• healthy relationships

• communication skills

• resistance to peer pressure

• personal hygiene

• hope

why is the development of cognitive skills important

for analysing and using information

4 cognitive skills

• planning

• organising

• impulse control

• reasoning

why are personal skills important

for self direction

name 2 types of personal skills

intrapersonal and interpersonal

what are the 3 main study areas in life skills

• Personal and social wellbeing

• physical education

• creative arts

what is personal and social wellbeing related to

The study of the self in relation to the environment and society

what is the purpose of creative arts

To develop learners as creative, imaginative individuals with an appreciation of the arts

what are the 3 topics in visual arts

• visual literacy

• create in 2D

• create in 3D

5 reasons why south african schools are failing to implement quality PE lessons

• teachers are unhealthy and cannot perform physical activities

• Academic subjects are prioritized

• The value of PE is not understood

• The lack of facilities

• shortage of qualified academics to deliver PE lessons

4 benefits of participating in PE

• lowers risk of heart disease

• increased academic performance

• improved sleeping patterns

• weight control

• delays ageing process

• reduces medical costs

• promotes social interactions

4 components of motor development

• coordination

• balance

• awareness

• laterality

what is MD

Motor development is the progressive changes in motor behaviour from early childhood into adulthood

what are the 3 movement phases

• Reflexive movement

• fundamental movement

• specialised movement