0 basic reading, writing, mathematics, and computer skills that a person needs in order to be able to live and work in society --
In addition, this training was oriented toward general management, rather than narrowly functional skills, as had largely been the case in many business schools for much of the 20th century.
Once focused almost entirely on cognition, the definition now includes both a component relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals' functional skills in their environments.
At the individual-technical intersection, employees in the firm bring functional skills and competencies such as programming, cost accounting, electrical engineering, etc.
The team also addresses student behavior and social/functional skills outside of their classroom.
Teachers also often emphasize rehearsed reading and repertoire building for successful recitals and auditions to the detriment of sight-reading and other functional skills.
Employability and functional skills are said to be at the centre of the establishment's drive towards reducing re-offending.
It therefore stands to reason that teachers "only" teaching conversational/ functional skills need to be equally welltrained.
Students benefited from online task-based activities because they had to access different functional skills to construct and negotiate meaning collaboratively.
