Challenge and Grow – Relationships
Personal and Social Capability
Students will develop ways of initiating and sustaining positive and constructive relationships with peers and adults.
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Negotiate, resolve conflict.(Social Management) | practice solving simple interpersonal problems, recognizing there are many ways to solve conflict | identify a range of conflict resolution strategies to negotiate positive outcomes to problems | identify causes and effects of conflict, and practice different strategies to diffuse or resolve conflict situations | assess the appropriateness of various conflict resolution strategies in a range of social and work-related situations | generate, apply and evaluate strategies such as active listening, mediation and negotiation to prevent and resolve interpersonal problems and conflicts |
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using strategies such as showing courtesy to others when voicing disagreement or an alternative point of view | identifying issues that cause conflict and exploring how conflict has been resolved in a range of contexts | demonstrating steps of a conflict resolution process such as listen, express feelings, discuss solutions, make amends | evaluating the effectiveness of imposed resolutions compared to mutually agreed resolutions to conflict | using mediation skills to support people holding different views on a given topic and to assist in respecting one another’s views | |
Appreciate diverse perspectives.(Social Awareness) | describe similarities and differences in points of view between themselves and people in their communities | discuss the value of diverse perspectives and describe a point of view that is different from their own | explain how means of communication differ within and between communities and identify the role these play in helping or hindering understanding of others | acknowledge the values, opinions and attitudes of different groups within society and compare to their own points of view | using mediation skills to support people holding different views on a given topic and to assist in respecting one another’s views |
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comparing changes in attitudes about behaviors in different places or over time | exchanging views with a classmate on a topical issue and reporting their perspective to the class | describing ways that language or gestures are used in a range of social settings | identifying and explaining different perspectives on social issues arising in areas such as industry, agriculture and resource management | recognizing how language can be used to position listeners in particular ways, analyzing different accounts of the same event | |
Understand relationships.(Self Awareness) | identify ways to care for others, including ways of making and keeping friends | describe factors that contribute to positive relationships, including with people at school and in their community | identify the differences between positive and negative relationships and ways of managing these | identify indicators of possible problems in relationships in a range of social and work related situations | explain how relationships differ between peers, parents, teachers and other adults, and identify the skills needed to manage different types of relationships |
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discussing how words and actions can help or hurt others, and the effects of modifying their behaviour | identifying the importance of including others in activities, groups and games | identifying behaviors that display the positive use of power in relationships | recognizing personal boundaries, appropriate degrees of intimacy, distribution of power, effects of social and cultural norms and mores | identifying the various communities to which they belong and how language reinforces membership of these communities | |
Work collaboratively.(Social Management) | identify cooperative behaviors in a range of group activities | describe characteristics of cooperative behavior and identify evidence of these in group activities | contribute to groups and teams, suggesting improvements in methods used for group investigations and projects | assess the extent to which individual roles and responsibilities enhance group cohesion and the achievement of personal and group objectives | critique their ability to devise and enact strategies for working in diverse teams, drawing on the skills and contributions of team members to complete complex tasks |
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participating in guided group investigations | including others in the group and respecting their opinions, working for a common goal | encouraging others, negotiating roles and relationships and managing time and tasks | assessing how well they support other members of the team in group investigations and projects | considering the ideas of others in reaching an independent or shared decision |