Explain The Five Broad Social And Emotional Aspects Of Learning
Assignment 2
Explain the five broad social and emotional aspects of learning.
The five areas in social and emotion development are, self awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills.
Self awareness
- Children should have some understanding about there feelings and how to manage them in an appropriate way.
- Be able to feel good about themselves when they have achieved a goal but also know when they are finding things difficult.
- Understand they need to take responsibility for there school work/homework and their behaviour.
- Be able to explain how they are feeling and why.
- Can express their feelings when they feel overwhelmed by them.
- They should also understand that it is normal to experience the different emotions.
Managing feelings
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They should also be encouraged to make their own decisions, If children are able to do this it will help them to become independent learners and more able to make the right choices towards their behaviour. Children learn from a young age that they receive praise or rewards for making the right choices.
Ways that may help children to achieve this could be;
- To discuss with the children what they think are there weaknesses and strengths at school and ask the children what they think could help them improve.
- Its possible that some activities can be completed in different ways for example; the children may be asked to write facts about a subject so they could decide to make a poster or create a leaflet.
- Sometimes children need to have time out if they have been conducting themselves in an unacceptable way, using this time to reflect on there actions.
Some children may find it difficult to make friendships so it is important that they are offered help with this.
Self
Explain the five broad social and emotional aspects of learning.
The five areas in social and emotion development are, self awareness, managing feelings, motivation, empathy and social skills.
Self awareness
- Children should have some understanding about there feelings and how to manage them in an appropriate way.
- Be able to feel good about themselves when they have achieved a goal but also know when they are finding things difficult.
- Understand they need to take responsibility for there school work/homework and their behaviour.
- Be able to explain how they are feeling and why.
- Can express their feelings when they feel overwhelmed by them.
- They should also understand that it is normal to experience the different emotions.
Managing feelings
When children have some understanding about their feelings in different situations they may come up …show more content…
They should also be encouraged to make their own decisions, If children are able to do this it will help them to become independent learners and more able to make the right choices towards their behaviour. Children learn from a young age that they receive praise or rewards for making the right choices.
Ways that may help children to achieve this could be;
- To discuss with the children what they think are there weaknesses and strengths at school and ask the children what they think could help them improve.
- Its possible that some activities can be completed in different ways for example; the children may be asked to write facts about a subject so they could decide to make a poster or create a leaflet.
- Sometimes children need to have time out if they have been conducting themselves in an unacceptable way, using this time to reflect on there actions.
Some children may find it difficult to make friendships so it is important that they are offered help with this.
Self