Life and learning skills

The newest series of books that we offer, our life and learning resources aim to be key foundational resources for young adults and adults. Users of our other books will be familiar with the approach – focusing on both knowledge and skills.

The life skills books in the series – Learning Skills, Young Adult Success and (coming soon) Ethical Leadership – help learners build both intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that translate to both further education and the work place.

The single learning skills entry to date – Research Skills – is an introductory resource for those who wish to undertake social research projects in their local community.

Those who also teach our Social Science and the Humanities book may wish to consider teaching Research Skills alongside it to prepare their learners to research a social issue in their community and then explore workable solutions to the problems that they find.

Life and Learning Skills Resources

Ethical Leadership
(English, Myanmar)

Ethical Leadership explores what it takes to lead organisations for the greater good. The resource analyses how organisations work, how they are guided and directed to reach their goals and the ethical challenges along the way. Finally, the resource encourages students to reflect on how ethical leadership can help us develop as individuals, organizations, and societies.

We aim to publish the English version by the end of 2022, with a Myanmar version in 2023.

Learning Skills
(English)

Learning Skills is a course for adult learners. It will equip you with skills and strategies that you need to bridge the gap between traditional schooling and life-long learning. It is particularly suitable for post-secondary and tertiary-level students who want an introduction to academic skills and culture. 

Each chapter of Learning Skills provides clear explanations, exercises to check comprehension and frequent opportunities to use the skills in practical activities. Earlier chapters introduce foundational study skills and later chapters focus on more academic skills that are essential for post-secondary and tertiary study.

The teacher’s book not only provides answers to exercises and activities in the student’s book, it also provides further background for teachers about the skills being taught and advice about facilitating the activities in class. The teacher’s book also has optional extra activities and an extensive list of online resources and videos relevant to each of the main learning skills that is covered in the book.

 

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Research Skills
(English, Myanmar)

Research Skills is a course for adult learners. It will introduce you to the knowledge and skills required for undertaking a social research project. It is particularly suitable for post-secondary and tertiary-level students who want an introduction to basic research skills and concepts. Each chapter in Research Skills provides clear explanations, exercises to check comprehension and frequent opportunities to use the skills in practical activities.

The structure of the book follows the research process, with earlier chapters introducing key research concepts and data collections methods and later chapters introducing analysis and communicating research.

The book includes step-by-step instructions that can be used by educators to guide student research projects and self-directed research projects.

The teacher’s book not only provides answers to exercises and activities in the student’s book, it provides further background for teachers about the skills being taught, and advice about facilitating the activities in class. The teacher’s book also has optional extra activities.

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Young Adult Success
(English, Myanmar)

Young Adult Success is a book about lifelong learning. It is a self-access resource aimed at 16-30 year olds, though it also provides teachers, parents, and care givers opportunities for reflection and understanding. It explores life skills, personal development, psychology, thinking, resilience and social and emotional learning. Each chapter contains challenges that ask the reader to explore themselves and test their understanding, and help them to apply these concepts to their own life experience.

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