KNEC Life Skills notes

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KNEC SYLLABUS FOR LIFE SKILLS

Topic 1: Introduction to Life skills

• Definition of the term life skills
• Categories
• Benefits
• Living values and our lives
• Relationship between life skills and living values

Topic 2: Self Awareness

• Self description
• Self assessment
• Challenges that hinder the attainment of life goals
• Strategies of overcoming challenges
• Values associated with self awareness skill

Topic 3: Self Esteem

• Definition of self esteem
• Signs of high self esteem in an individual
• Signs of low self esteem
• Importance of high self esteem
• Factors that enhance high and low esteem
• Effects of low self esteem
• Values associated with high self esteem
• Ways of boosting self esteem

Topic 4: Stress Management

• Definition of stress
• Causes of stress
• Effects of stress
• Coping with stress
• Forms of positive stress
• Values associated to positive stress management

Topic 5: Coping with Emotion

• Definition of emotion
• Good and bad feelings
• Causes of good and bad feelings
• Meaning of emotional intelligence
• Feelings which can lead to risky behaviour
• Ways of coping with negative emotions
• Values associated with emotional intelligence

 Topic 6: Empathy

• Definition of empathy
• Importance of empathising
• Difference between empathy and sympathy
• Situations requiring empathy
• Values associated with empathy

Topic 7: Assertiveness

• Definition of assertiveness
• Characteristics of an assertive person
• Steps to being assertive
• Importance of being assertive
• Difference between assertiveness and aggressiveness
• Difference between peer pressure and peer influence
• Values associated with assertiveness

Topic 8: Negotiation

• Definition of negotiation
• Importance of negotiation
• Situations that require negotiation
• Negotiating techniques
• Values associated with negotiations

Topic 9: Non-Violent Conflict Resolution

• Definition of conflict
• Causes of conflict
• Topic: Consequences of conflict
• Types of conflict
• Ways of dealing with conflict
• Skills necessary for conflict management
• Institutions that resolve conflict in community
• Values related to conflict resolution

Topic 10: Effective Decision Making

• Situations that require decision making
• Challenges facing youth in decision making
• Factors influencing decision making
• Steps to effective decision making
• Consequences of not making effective decisions
• Decision making institutions within community
• Values associated with effective decision making

Topic 11: Critical Thinking

• Meaning of critical thinking
• Risky situations
• Evaluating ideas or issues objectively
• Consequences of making decisions before thinking critically
• Values associated with critical thinking

Topic 12: Creative Thinking

• Definition of creative thinking
• Situations that require creative thinking
• Importance of being creative
• Consequences of not being creative
• Values associated with creative thinking

Topic 13: Problem Solving

• Problem areas requiring solutions
• Causes of problems
• Methods of solving problems
• Problem solving process
• Values necessary for solving problems

Topic 14: Leisure

• Definition of leisure
• Effects of misusing of leisure time
• Activities for positive leisure
• Life skills necessary for positive use of leisure time
• Values associated with leisure

Topic 15: Time Management

• Definition of time management
• Work schedule
• Time management chart
• Importance of managing time
• Time wasters
• Values and associated life skills

Topic 16: Gender Education

• Definition of gender
• Agents perpetuating gender discrimination
• Gender stereotyping
• Effects of gender on an individual
• Strategies to eliminate gender discrimination
• Values associated with gender parity

Topic 17: Drug and Substance Abuse

• Definition of terms
• Commonly abused drugs Causes of drug and substance abuse
• Signs and Symptoms of drug and substance abuse
• Effects of drug and substance abuse
• Relationship between drug abuse and HIV and AIDS
• Management of drug and substance abuse
• Measures to prevent drug and substance abuse
• Life skills and values necessary to prevent drug substance abuse

Topic 18: HIV and AIDS

• Definition of terms
• Ways in which HTV is transmitted
• Signs and symptoms of AIDS
• Catalysts of the spread of HIV and AIDS
• Ways of preventing spread of HIV and AIDS
• Interventions for HIV and AIDS
• Myths and Misconceptions          about HIV and AIDS
• Care and support of the infected and affected
• Factors that facilitate the spread of HIV and AIDS

Topic 19: Child Labour

• Definition of terms
• Difference between child labour and work
• Forms of child labour
• Factors leading to child labour
• Community level of awareness on child labour
• Possible interventions to child labour
• Appropriate life skills

Topic 20: Child Rights

• Definition of terms
• Types of human needs
• UN Conventions on the Rights of the child
• Categories of child rights
• Importance of child rights and child protection
• Responsibilities to child rights
• Principles of child rights
• Life skills and values

Topic 21: Relationships

• Types of relationships
• Developing healthy relationships
• Factors that influence healthy relationships
• Maintaining healthy relationships
• Influence of relationships on behaviour
• Values associated with relationship
• Life skills and relationships