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• In a lifelong learning context social skills is a
  key feature.
• We have pointed to four approaches to promote
  lifelong learning in our concept
• self-regulated learning
• productive learning
• cooperative learning
• experience-based learning
• Learning in these and other approaches require
  social skills.

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To master social skills have become a life
necessity in a society which is described as
post-modern or late-modern (eg. Ulrich Beck and
Zygmunt Bauman). Our society is unsecure and
hostile and can only be improved by trustful
connection to other people. To train social
skills is therefore a priority field when we
train to become lifelong learners in general and
especially in environment of socially vulnerable
groups.
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Our definition of social skills Social skills are
abilities and behaviors that help to direct the
focus of ones own behavior away from ones own
self towards a shared alignment with other
individuals. Socially competent behavior
combines the individuals goals with the values
and goals of a social group.
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Aspects of social skills are Cooperation and
ability to work in a team Openness and
tolerance, sociableness, use of social resources,
conducting negotiations, leadership skills,
intercultural skills The ability to
communicate Language skills, active listening,
feedback, empathy, giving and receiving
recognition Conflict resolution / the ability
to compromise Group dynamic processes
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In the Pro-Skills concept social skills is
connected to different social environments and
focuses on the ability to be an active and
autonomous part in these different settings.
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• Our aim in training social skills is to start the
  process and to develop the participants to
• an active and autonomous citizen
• be able to both connect to other persons
• be able to agree and disagree

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• To reach this aim the Pro-Skills concept defines
  two major key areas to focus on in training
  social Skills
• trust
• connecting

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We can define four active dimensions in play when
we describe the phenomenon of trust 1.
Predictability, this is connected to our SOC
(Sense of coherence) and this plays the role of
imagining what is going to be our instrument to
interfere with our destiny. Once again this can
also be built on distrust. 2. Value-exchange,
this in a way is rational decision making you
have on basis of your prediction make the
accounts. This can either be to change the
conditions or avoid getting punished.
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3. Delayed reciprocity, in a way this is
equivalent with what we call solidarity,
solidarity is not shearing of wealth by good
hearted reasons its an act between equal parts
which in a way also counts on that you can
receive the same attention in a unspecified way
and time. 4. Exposed vulnerability, connected to
our need of being connected and cared for. This
need is so big that we can expose ourselves to be
abused. Even when doing rational reasoning we end
up choosing being a part of something even if it
damages us.
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Lifelong Learning
Cooperative learning Productive learning
Experience-based learning
Communication Group dynamics Conflict managing
Predictability Value-exchange Delayed
reciprocity Exposed vulnerability
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If we can establish trust in a trustworthy
setting (our training) this also creates
opportunity to prove to be trustworthy. This
provides a platform to be able to connect both
short termly and long termly to others. By
training in connecting we try to establish a
solid ground for action in an autonomous mode in
different social settings and give opportunity to
trust and to be trusted on.
Lifelong learning
Cooperative learning Productive leaarning
Experience-based learning
Communication Group dynamics Conflict managing
Predictability Value-exchange Delayed
reciprocity Exposed vulnerability
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