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Essential Skills

Source: “The Nine Essential Skills” retrieved April 03. 2014

http://www.wem.mb.ca/the_9_essential_skills.aspx

What are they?

What is their purpose?

How were they selected?

Why do we need to learn about them?

Reading

Writing

Digital

Technology

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Essential Skills

Source: “The Nine Essential Skills” retrieved April 03. 2014

http://www.wem.mb.ca/the_9_essential_skills.aspx

Skills used in every occupation

Required to carry out tasks

Chosen based on surveys conducted

Needed for workers to be effective

Numeracy

Oral communication

Thinking skills

Photos and images courtesy of ClipArt

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Source: Workplace Education Manitoba sitehttp://www.wem.mb.ca/default.aspx

Esse

ntial

Ski

llsReading

Writing

Numeracy

Document Use

Oral Communication

Digital Technology

Working with Others

Continuous Learning

Thinking

Understanding, assessing information

Note-taking, sharing information

Comprehending measurements

Reading maps, charts, diagrams

Contributing expertise, presenting

Locating, disseminating information

Collaborating, cooperating

Seizing opportunities to learn

Reasoning, analyzing, assessing

Nine Skills Their importance

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Essential Skills

Source: “The Nine Essential Skills” retrieved April 03. 2014

http://www.wem.mb.ca/the_9_essential_skills.aspx

Reading

Writing

Digital Technology

Photos courtesy of RZP and ClipArt . Image courtesy of ClipArt

Numeracy

Oral Communication Thinking

Document Use

Working with Others

ContinuousLearning