Supporting Acquisition of Basic Skills

ors induce aptitudes: abstract skills and knowledge. Mentors foster attitudes: social skills and graces. In my experience of school, starting 70 years or so ago, quite regimented instruction predominated in the earlier stages, with the aim of developing basic skills by repetition. My strong impression is that the pendulum has now swung to the opposite extreme, at least in the countries most familiar to me. tragic, as both abstract and social skills are left greatly underdeveloped in many young people when they leave school. Because the development of attitudes depends on the on of abstract skills such as oralcy, numeracy, and literacy (both grammar and vocabulary), teachers and parents are greatly restricted in fulfilling the mentor role. In failing to influence their attitudes, they let children's minds become dominated by their senses and perceptions rather than by their social imagination and sensitivity.Thishasledtoyoungpeople nowadays often being referred to as the "me f...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: COMPUTER
• Authors: W. Neville Holmes
• Keywords: Abstract Skills, COMPUTER 2008, Skills, Social Skills