literary skill..ppt

3. FLEXIBILITY
Given the rapid rate of change in our world, the
ability to adjust and adapt is critical to success.
Students needs to learn to quickly analyze what
is going on around them and make adjustments
on while keeping their goals at the forefront of
their minds. Flexibility is not spinelessness. In
fact, a spine needs to be flexible to allow the
person to move while remaining upright with
eyes on the prize.

4. The inquiry process requires and rewards flexibility.
Instead of following a set course or a rigid set of
instructions, students must make constant course
corrections as they do the following:
• set goals
• seek answers
• navigate information
• collaborate with others
• create something
• evaluate their work
• improve it
• share it with the world

5. Leadership is a suite of related skills
that combines the other life skills.
Good leaders take initiative, have
strong social skills, are flexible, and
are productive. They also do the
following:
LEADERSHIP

6. • Identify goals
• Inspire others to share those goals
• Organize a group so that all members can
contribute according to their abilities
• Resolve conflicts among members
• Encourage the group to reach their goals
• Help group members solve problems and
improve performance
• Give credit where it is due

7. • That list pretty well describes what you do
daily as a teacher because you are the leader
of your class. However, if students are
perpetually in the role of followers, they never
have to learn these skills. They need to
occasionally become the teacher, and inquiry
allows them to do so. Group projects also
require students to take on leadership
responsibilities. Inquire provides many projects
that can be done in groups

8. Initiative
The entrepreneurial spirit is founded on
initiative the willingness to step forward with an
idea and take the risk of bringing it to fruition.
The changing economic landscape requires
entrepreneurs. Students need to learn how to
set goals for themselves, plan how they will
reach their goals, and enact their plans. Once
students feel comfortable with charting their
own course, they will readily launch into
activity.

9. By teaching students the inquiry process, you
equip them to take initiative. When you step
back into a facilitating role, you require
students to step forward. Students take the
initiative when they
• question,
• plan,
• research,
• create,
• improve, and
• present.

10. During the recent recession, the productivity of the
American worker reached an all-time high. Clearly, those
who kept their jobs did so in part by producing more than
they needed to before. The increase in productivity among
workers in the U.S. means that more is being produced by
fewer people, which means that the job market is even
more competitive after the recession than during it.
Workers who have lower productivity are being left
behind.
productivity

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12. social skill
Human being have always been social
creatures, connecting to and depending on a
tribe of some hundred others. Technology
now allows people to belong to multiple
tribes—students at the same school, friends
on Facebook, colleagues on LinkedIn, fans
on fan sites, gamers on massively
multiplayer online games.

13. In all of these environments, social skills
are critical. Whether students are having a
face-to-face meeting or are tweeting with
hundreds of strangers, there are real human
beings with real thoughts, feelings, and
needs on the other end. And, as work
environments become more collaborative,
social skills are a key to success.

14. The best way for students to develop social skills is to
collaborate with others. When students work together on a
project, they have common goals and interests, they are
required to develop social skills such as these:
• cooperation
• compromise
• decision making
• communicating
• using emotional intelligence
• using constructive criticism
• trusting others
• delivering on promises
• coordinating work