The feasibility of teaching life skills in intermediate stage

الملخص EN

The study aimed to identify the feasibility of teaching life skills in intermediate stage in the State of Kuwait, and the study followed the descriptive approach, the study sample consisted of (60) teachers from four schools in intermediate stage.

The results of (35) studies that dealt with life skills were analyzed.

The results showed that teaching life skills contributes to achieving many goals, including: achieving integration between school and life and embodying the function of education in terms of linking it to the needs of learners, life situations and the needs of society, the learner gains direct experience through direct interaction with people and phenomena, acquiring skills, along with acquiring information, modifies the behavior sought by the authors of the curricula.

It helps the learner to achieve a great deal of independence and responsibility.

The results also showed that there is no interest from the learners in the life skills course because it is not added to the GPA, and there are negative attitudes among many middle school teachers about life skills.