Education for Positive Peace

Social Skills

Task

Here is a video that shows Teacher Jeanette talking to her class about their social skill of the week; taking turns. Learners share ideas about how to take turns in class. Then they have the opportunity to demonstrate this social skill during a number of different indoors and outdoors activities. Watch and listen to the video.

Video: Social Skills (Teacher Jeanette)

Task #1:

Create a social skills display. On an A4 piece of paper write “The social skill of the week is…….” Then choose 10 social skills to try out over the next term. 

Plan a lesson where you will explain a specific social skill for that week. Deliver the lesson. Afterwards, reflect on the following questions and share with your WhatsApp group:

1.  What social skill did you focus on and why did you choose this one?
2.  What worked well in this activity?
3.  Is there something you would do differently to make teaching and learning social skills more effective next time? 
4.  Are there any social skills on the list that you don’t understand or would like to discuss more or are there some that you would like to add? If you wish to discuss some social skills in more detail, please add your questions and ideas to the whatsapp group.