The PIAAC is a worldwide study of cognitive and workplace skills aiming to assess the skills of literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments among the working-age population (for more details see OECD 2013).
Through contained lessons, discussions integrated into social studies, peer mediation or a combination of all three, conflict resolution teaches a specific set of skills aimed at resolving disputes not only without aggression but happily (a "win-win," in the lingo).
Through role-playing with real-life scenarios, they are taught better communication skills aimed at helping them defuse situations that might otherwise turn violent.
With the emphasis on reading and math skills aimed at passing the tests, school curricula are narrowed, depriving students of valuable exposure to the arts, physical and social sciences, and humanities.
About 100 children and youth living with disabilities acquired work related skills, aimed at social inclusion.
Surgical tasks involve fine, serial, discrete, close motor skills aimed at surgical treatment, taught to more advanced students [ 13], whereas PE implies serial gross motor skills aimed at searching physical signs for diagnostic clues, usually taught to novices.
Lessons for children include essential life skills aimed at keeping them safe and building the skills they will need to fulfill their potential and contribute fully to society.
Blankenstein et al. found that GPs needed 20 hours of training and feedback sessions to learn how to apply new consultation skills aimed at somatising patients [ 31].
The results of this study can have implications for training programmes in communication skills aimed for medical specialists caring cancer patients.
