Skills for Life: Listening
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
Jul 2022
Subject
Children;
Skills;
Art and Culture;
Socio-Emotional Skill;
Learning;
21st-Century Skill;
Digital Skill;
Skills Need;
Learning Skill;
Skilled Labor;
Literacy and Numeracy;
Media Literacy;
Employee Engagement;
Educational Research;
Educational Test;
Educational Service;
Education;
Education Management;
Early Adulthood;
Early Childhood Education;
Early Childhood Development;
Preschool and Early Childhood Education;
Leadership;
Executive Leadership;
Socio-Emotional Development
JEL code
I20 - Education and Research Institutions: General;
I25 - Education and Economic Development;
I28 - Government Policy
Category
Magazines, Journals and Newsletters
As we face the ravages of COVID-19, climate change, economic disparities, and social injustice, the world needs listening skills more than ever. Listening skills are one of the core life skills that are critical in life, work, and school. Listening skills enable children to access information, develop other skills, such as empathy, and critical thinking, and have better academic performances and lives. Listening skills are one of the most desired and needed in workplaces. In this brief, we explain the importance of listening skills and listening processes. Then, we review how policymakers can help develop listening skills. Lastly, we review how policymakers can measure and assess listening skills.
