What are the skills
Human skills are usually divided into two groups: hard skills and soft skills.
hard skills(hard skills) are professional skills,specific knowledge and skills that are needed to perform a particular job. They are taught in schools and colleges. We are talking about the ability to write, multiply, and work on a computer.
soft skills(soft skills) are more extensive and rathersocial skills, they help to achieve success not only at work but also in life. For example, the ability to communicate with other people, emotional intelligence, leadership qualities.
“Soft skills (soft skills) are more extensive and rather social skills”
Scientists consider soft skills to be skillsof the future and urge to pay special attention to them, since the success of a person both in the profession and in life depends on them. For example, scientists from Harvard, Stanford and the Carnegie Foundation in their studies found that 85% of a person’s professional success is determined by soft skills and only 15% depends on hard ones.
The first group of skills is easy to master, not hereclear deadlines and you can always catch up. For example, you can learn irregular verbs at any time in your life, it’s not so scary that you didn’t master them at school. You can always go to retraining courses and acquire a new profession, if you wish. Soft skills are more difficult to develop, and you can miss the moment altogether, since most of them develop in early childhood. Of course, an adult also has a chance to work out his soft skills, but it is better to immediately give the child the opportunity to develop them.
What skills and how to develop in children
Global Education Futures and WorldSkills expertsRussia identified the key trends that characterize the image of the workplace in the 21st century. Among them, there are four groups of trends: technological, techno-social, social, as well as the increasing speed of all these changes. It is on the basis of the trends of the future that the skills that need to be developed are formed.
Communication skills
It is very important to learn how to communicateinteract with those around you. Communicating, the child learns to express and defend his point of view, talk about his feelings, listen to others, understand that people may have different views. It is also necessary to teach the child to work in a team, to be part of something, to act in the common interest. This skill is necessary for success in professional activities - the market is increasingly choosing team players.
An important point is intercultural communication.More and more companies prefer to create international teams, in the future this trend will develop even more. For example, scientists who solve the problems of the ecology of the entire planet are an interethnic team. That is, you need to be able to communicate with completely different people, taking into account the peculiarities of their mentalities, religions, to be open and accepting.
How to develop
- Create opportunities for your child to communicate: kindergarten, school, circles, yard.
Do not speak for the child, otherwise he will never learn to communicate. Let him try to speak out, ask, talk about what he feels.
- Introduce the child to the culture of different countries.
Concentration
In the future, many processes will be automated, that is,several professions will become unnecessary. But not all tasks can be performed by machines; for more complex, informal decisions, people will be needed. For a child to be successful in the future world of technology, he must be able to concentrate and manage his own attention.
How to develop
- Play board games that develop memory and attention. Apps in gadgets are also suitable.
- Complicate the rules of the game.The effect of gamification is important for children, it is interesting to pass level after level. Such a tool, for example, is used by the iSmart educational platform in its work - children gain knowledge by upgrading their character.
“For a child to be successful in the future world of technology, he must be able to concentrate”
Leadership and initiative
These qualities are valuable in any profession at any time. A person who is able to take responsibility, not indifferent, proactive - a valuable employee.
How to develop
“Your enemy is overprotection. Give your child more freedom.
- Give a choice where there is such an opportunity.Do not decide for the child, let him choose what he will go for a walk tomorrow or what to eat for breakfast today. If necessary, offer several options: porridge or scrambled eggs, blue T-shirt or yellow.
Emotional intellect
It's a skill that sets us apart from machines in particular. The future will need people who can listen, empathize, show empathy. In addition, it is important to understand your own feelings and moods.
How to develop
Let the child play with other children.
- Learn to express your feelings. For example, do not just silently be offended, but say "I am now offended and upset, because ...".
Creative, critical and logical thinking
The ability to find non-standard solutions, to look at things differently than everyone else, to distinguish between true and false information are also qualities that distinguish people from machines - they will be very useful in the future.
How to develop
- Play, create conditions for the child in which you have to think with your brains. Do not accept banalities in response.
- Learn how to use Internet resources correctly, check information for accuracy.
- Use the opportunities of online education - now there are special courses for developing these skills.
digital literacy
Nowadays it is extremely difficult to live without usingmodern technologies, the professions of the future require excellent digital literacy. Scientists believe that very soon the ability to program will become as necessary as the ability to read.
How to develop
Don't ban gadgets, teach them how to use them wisely.
- Offer your child courses on mastering modern technologies.
“Now it is extremely difficult to live without using modern technologies”
Self-learning and self-development
More and more learning becomes independentprocess, and most importantly - permanent. Already now we do not always keep up with the changes, in the future we will have to constantly adapt to changes and change professions. The most important thing is to teach the child to learn, and then he will not be lost.
How to develop
- Do not dismiss the child's questions, but encourage his curiosity. Get information together, look for answers.
- Develop independence.
- Learn to easily relate to change and adapt to the new.
self-organization
The man of the future controls himself, himselfbuilds work processes, which means that he must be able to competently manage time. Already, remote work with a floating schedule has become widespread. The International Labor Organization has calculated that the proportion of remote workers from all workers in developed countries is 17%. In the US and Japan, more than 40% work outside the office. These numbers are growing every day. In the future, it will be valued not the number of hours that the employee spent at the computer, but the quantity and quality of the work done.
How to develop
— Teach your child time management.
- Tell and show how to properly plan a day, build a schedule.
How to Develop Soft Skills - General Tips
So, we have analyzed the types of skills of the future, you have learned how to develop each skill separately. Below you will find general development tips soft skills that are equally applicable to each skill.
Diagnostics.Watch your child:how he behaves in a company, how he communicates, whether he shows leadership qualities, how he thinks and speaks. This will help you understand which skill is failing, where the child needs help. Also, artificial intelligence has become a good assistant for determining both flexible and hard skills, with its help, for example, the iSmart educational platform diagnoses the level of knowledge of the child and his ability to use critical, logical and creative thinking.
Personal example.Children always repeat after adults, they adopt behavior, manner of communication. If an adult knows how to listen, sympathize, help, think critically, then the child will learn.
Environment.Monitor the environment in which the child is: family, friends, classmates. Soft skills develop where there is an opportunity for self-expression.
We cannot predict the future with accuracy, butwe can help our children become successful in it. The child is imprisoned for development by nature, the main thing is to create conditions for this development: to love, respect, allow choices and decisions to be made.
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