Optimal Curricular Model for Guidance Schools Based on the Necessary Skills for Life School

Life schools have a twin set of major goals of academic success and socio-moral development. Teaching life skills would help to obtain both, provided that an adequate curriculum is at hand. To determine what such a curriculum needs to include, a sample of 1296 sixth to eighth graders, 432 parents, 217 teachers, and 50 educational experts was asked using questionnaires. Results show that psycho-social abilities are considered the most needed life skills, while the suggested curricular model is an integrative onewith three dimensions of subject, theme, and processes.