Skill Acquisition – JSS3 Basic Science Lesson Note (Second Term)

Skill acquisition is a special ability impacted by somebody as a result of training to do something well.

Reasons for skill  of acquisition

(1) To get employment

(ii) To be self-employed because they don’t want to be under anybody

(iii) For decision making

Iv   For risk-taking

V   For managing an emergency

Vi  For learning how to live together

Vii For learning  about survival strategy

Types of skill

i. Photography:– The technology of capturing an event, scene, or a thing on a picture either in printed or viewed on a card of projected screen. A  picture is an image.

ii. Farming skills are skills connected to growing crops and rearing animals. For instance, keeping poultry and snailery. Fishery etc

iii.  Computer Literacy – It is of great need that everybody in this generation needs basic skills in computers for sending and finding information and for keeping records.

iv. INTERNET – it is a name given to the network of computers that are linked through servers. The internet host servers form linked organizations worldwide from which web pages can be reached linking users to various types of essential information and data.

v. Internet browsing -: It is all about searching the internet for required information data. One gets connected to the internet and employs a search engine such as Google and then types in the web site address such as  WWW.  yahoo.com. They search for reading or copying information or studying from the internet.

vi.  E –mail Operation. This is the art of opening and operating a web site address for forwarding and receiving mail and other data through the computer. One needs to open an e-mail operator such as Yahoo mail, scanned et

This device enables one to post information in the form of brief notes to someone else who may be on another continent through the internet. An e-mail may be informed of Elias 2016 @ yahoo .com.

vii. Fax– stands for an exact copy of writing, picture, or print. The fax machine is a microcomputer application for capturing and forwarding exact copies of classified documents to designated places.

Importances of skill acquisition

1. It improves the quality of life
2.   It provides various enjoyable games, leisure, and entertainment.
3.  it provides services to other people
4. it saves lives.
5. .it widens opportunities of attaining fame.
6. it acquires functional literacy by all.

QUESTIONS

1.   Mention ten types of skills one can acquire.
2. Mention five importance of skill acquisition.
3. State for reasons  for skill acquisition
4. All these are reasons for skill acquisition except  A. dependence on relation  B.survival strategy  C.to be an accept  D. to develop our ability
5. All these are the importances of skill acquisition except create employment improve quality of life  C. enslave an apprentice make oneself –reliant.
6. Which of the following is not an example of skill acquisition   A.photography   B.painting  C.capentry  d.teaching
7. Special ability acquired or developed through training is called A. training skills apprenticeship C. professionalism.
8. People acquire skill for  the skill for the following reasons A.fame  B higher pay  C. self reliance  D.laziness