Effectiveness of life skills education in schools in Tehran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Abstract

The present study is aimed at investigating the efficiency of life skills training in high schools of Tehran from the teachers’ point of view in the school year of 91-92. The sample of this descriptive survey included 150 female teachers in high schools of Tehran who were selected using census method. To collect the data, a researcher made questionnaire of life skills was employed which included components of self-awareness, personal-family values, decision making, coping with anxiety, making desirable relationship, and goal setting. Content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by expert views. The reliability of the questionnaire was estimated using cronbach alpha and it turned out to be 0.85. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (individual sample t-test, Friedman test). According to the results, the teachers believed that life skills training had significant effects on skills of self-awareness, personal-family values, making desirable relationship, coping with anxiety, goal setting and decision making.

Keywords

References

Botivin.B.l.&.kantor,l.w. (2000).prevention alcohol through life skills training. Journal of alcohol research & health, 24(4), 25. 
Botvin, G. J., Baker, E., Dusenbury, L., Botvin, E. M., & Diaz, T. (1995). Long-term follow-up results of a randomized drug abuse prevention trial in a white middle-class population. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273, 1106–1112
Botvin, G. J., Griffin, K. W., Paul, E., & Macaulay, A. P. (2003).Preventing tobacco and alcohol use among elementary school students through Life Skills. Training.Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 12, 1-18.
Hanlej , Gregory D , Heal , Nicolea , Tiger , Jeffrey. (2007) . Evaluation of class wide teaching program for developing preschool life skills. Journal of applied behavior Analus.740 . P221-300
Hawkins, J. D., and Weis, J. G. (1985). The social development model: an integrated approach to delinquency prevention. Journal of Primary Prevention, 6, 73–97.
Kantom, L.D .& Markoos,I. (1977). Do negative emotions cause coronary heart disease? Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 48, 323-337.
Lore, D., & Lip, G. Y. H. (1998). Psychology in coronary care. Quarterly Journal of Medicine, 92,425-431.
Pick, s., Givaudan , M., & Poortinga V.H.(2003). Sexuality and life skills education: a multi stratege intervention in Mexico. American Psychologist,53(3),230-234
The Journal of New Thoughts on Education
Volume 12, Issue 1
June 2016
Pages 143-162

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics