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Basic Skills
are inbuilt perception and awareness in an
individual. They take the form of
ability, adaptability and application. |
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| Ability |
Adaptability |
Application |
| Abstract
Reasoning |
Frustration
Tolerance |
Goal Formulation |
| Divergent
Thinking |
Time consciousness |
Planning |
| Logical Reasoning |
Locus of
Control |
Executing |
| Comprehension |
Need for
Achievement |
Foresight |
| Memory |
Seeking Responsibility |
Self-Regulation |
| Concentration |
Motivation |
Objectivity |
| Willingness
to Learn |
Leadership |
Maturity |
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| Every person
goes through a series of experience in order
to be an effective member of the society.
From the day an infant is born it has to learn
several motor skills like grasping, lifting
the head, turning, crawling, creeping, standing,
walking, and talking. Slowly these skills
give rise to finer skills like running, playing
a sport, dancing, playing music, reading,
and writing. Modern living has taken these
skills for granted and people today feel that
all skills come automatically. However, they
fail to understand the amount of effort and
practice that the child puts in order to master
these skills. |
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| How are
these life skills related to education and
students? |
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| Education
is not just the abundance of information in
the brain which probably runs riot and incomprehensive.
What is required is channeling this information
to form character, to strengthen and expand
the intellect so as to make an individual
capable of independent sustenance. |
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| As
Swami Vivekananda said, "The essence
of education is concentration of mind, not
the collection of facts. If I had to do my
education over again I would not study facts
at all. I would develop the power of concentration,
memory and detachment and with this perfect
instrument I could collect as much facts at
will". Ninety percent of an individual's
force of thought is wasted without these basic
skills and therefore constantly tending to
commit blunders. |
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trained mind with perfect basic skills seldom
makes a mistake. The only way to retain and
sharpen the existing basic skills is to keep
up the practice and be detached about the
consequences. One ounce of practice is worth
thousand tones of big talk. Haven't we all
heard that sun can produce heat but cannot
burn because of scattered rays while if concentrated
through a lens can set fire and burn. A concentrated
mind is like a searchlight making it possible
to see objects lying at a distance or in dark
corners. Conquering the distractions and focusing
the mind should become an easy task by constant
practice. With such sharp mind one can save
lot of efforts, energy and time to assimilate
knowledge. |
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How are these life skills related to everyday
life? |
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| The question
arises now as to whether these skills are
enough for our everyday living.WE ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT SURVIVING BUT ABOUT THRIVING.The
answer to this question lies in the degree
to which these skills are used as adults.
However, the increase in competition and revision
of curricula have made our students just the
marks-scoring machines.The advent of Information
Technology has brought forth the lacunae in
our present education system. Increased globalization
has triggered the need for the development
of soft skills in job applicants in addition
to having the required minimum qualification. |
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| Thus, it is
not sufficient now if you are able to speak
- You need to COMMUNICATE. It is not sufficient
now if you know certain things in your subject
- You need to REMEMBER. It is not sufficient
now if you are able to carry on with your
job - You need to CONCENTRATE. |
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| We have classified
such skills as BASIC SKILLS because we would
like every individual to be empowered with
such skills in addition to the knowledge that
is obtained in the educational arena.With
our expertise and professional approach we
are offering a series of exercises to identify,
nurture, train, and master basic skills that
are now essential for modern existence. |
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| Though several
basic skills like communication, human relations,
and interaction can be trained in real-time,
certain inherent processes that enable these
skills to be effective should be trained and
tested on individual basis. This reason has
prompted us to introduce a series of products
meant for the intellectual, social, and spiritual
development. |
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| How are
these life skills related to people at large?
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| In Today's
competitive world, people are forced to look
for that "feel good factor",a desire
that finds expression in everything right
from attitudes to yoga to good dressing to
reiki,a good comfortable job to sunning in
the beach. People look for some order in the
chaos! and some method in the madness.A lot
of research has established the fact that
human mind is open to thinking in ever new
paths especially in unchartered territories.
Today people are not scared to change, on
the other hand they look for change. Proactive
psychology has endeavored to look for ways
and means to innovate in the area of self-awareness
and self-improvement for individuals making
it a much sought after tool for achievement.
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| Psychology
has tried to continuously explore and establish
the beliefs and practice that governs the
human mind and behavior and predict the future
environment. Research shows human mind goes
much beyond the established realms of conditioned
practices and beliefs and is constantly in
search of new horizons to unleash itself in
terms of creativity and dynamics. The world
is coping hard to come to terms with phenomena
of stress, productivity, values, and change.
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| What is
the Scientific basis of the software? |
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| Information
processing happens at a macro level in the
brain. Each detail is recorded in the brain
in association with the existing information.
, to use memory and concentration a student
should learn to exercise various regions of
the brain. This interactive module helps the
studentin doing so. Memory is measured in
four different ways: Recognition, Recall,
Relearning, and Reintegration. Site dedicated
to development of software products related
to basic life skills. First product in market
is on Memory and Concentration. Needless to
say, this skill is the basic necessity for
performance in any avocation. Our product
both evaluates the existing skill and facilitates
enhancement as a training tool, if practiced
consistently. There are six modules related
to Memory from simple picture recognition
to complex parellel processing.No Tutor, No
Mentor Required. Do It Yourself Modules. No
Questionnaire. |
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| All
Interactive Games Devised, Validated, and
Tested Scientifically. MBS is a product of
a rare combination of Applied Psychology,
Educationists and software development team
for the sole purpose of SELF-AWARENESS in
evaluating & enhancing one's basic skills.
The contents of the software is the research
conducted in over 4000 students at various
schools and colleges in Bangalore. The research
was done in classrooms on paper and posters
and generally takes one month to just evaluate
one section in a school. With advancement
in software we have now developed the same
psychometric tests on software platform so
that it can reach and benefit large number
of students across the country. |
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The Theme and emphasis of the software.
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| Life
skills like any other skills requires constant
practice to hone it. People have the tendency
to take these skills for granted and over
a period of time it rusts from lack of practice.
Children on the other hand have lot of opportunities
to practice in their daily interaction and
learning and they retain their skills at Memory
and concentration. Our software modules are
six and are built on the premises of connections
elucidated by neuropsychologists related to
these skills. The software teaches the techniques
required to develop the skill apart from evaluating
the existing capability. The software gets
installed in the home computer and stays in
the hard-disc as long as the computer at home
is in good condition. That way parents and
three children can work on the modules and
practice at their own time, in their own place,
any number of times. The more they practice,
the better the skills. The person whose skills
are good stands out as the "smart"
one. Each level gives scoring of marks, and
feedback how to improve. History records the
database of all their attempts and scoring
and gives a over-all performance view. This
makes our software a unique Self-Awareness
product. Unlike Videogames, our modules are
programmed in such a way that your computer
itself random generate the scenes from a large
database. So everytime one plays the modules,
they have to use the skills to get good scores.
Hence is a training software as well. |
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