Open AccessLIFE SKILLS AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Parul Aggarwal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
scholarly research journal for interdisciplinary studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-4766
pISSN - 2278-8808
DOI - 10.21922/srjis.v5i43.11376
Subject(s) - numeracy , modernization theory , psychology , perception , literacy , globalization , social skills , developmental psychology , public relations , political science , pedagogy , neuroscience , law
The rapid social change consequent uponmodernization, urbanization, globalization and media boon has made thelives of youth, their expectations, values and outlook very differentfrom those of older generations. Youth is considered as the mostpowerful members of the society due to their physical and intellectualcapabilities. But it is sad to see the fact that most of them are unableto utilize their potential in a suitable and pertinent way due to lackof guidance and motivation. Now, the main question arises that if thenormal youth is unable to utilize their potential then what about theexcluded groups who are deprived of vision, hearing, movement,communication, perceptual-motor, social-emotional, intelligence andadaptive behavior? Therefore, the challenges faced by normal children aswell as children with special needs are many and they require more thaneven the best numeracy and literacy skills. That is why, many countrieshave included “Life Skills” as basic learning need for all the childrenincluding normal children as well as children with special needs(UNICEF).