Something I really liked about the reading was the idea of developing social competence. I thought it was great that the text actually provided ways that social competence can be promoted in children through different activities. When I was in elementary school I don't ever remember learning social competence. I did learn the necessary skills at home but I feel I would have been a particular student that could have benefitted from such instruction at school. I was often in social situations as a young child that I was not sure how to handle, and I didn't really bring them up at home because I didn't think it was a big deal. I think I would have greatly benefitted from having instruction at school that taught me how to deal with conflict resolution, in specific relation to my school peers. I also like that the text provides information about what behaviors in children can imply about their social competence. I think this is great information to have as a teacher so that you can foster healthy social growth in students as well as academic growth.
P.S. I did the survey
Phases of the Moon
16 years ago
I do not remember having social competence lessons at school either, it mostly came from home. It was interesting to see that in the school I went to for practicum I the counselor came every Monday to teach the students principles of sharing, noy bullying, being inclusive, and more. The 3 grade students were all engaged and actively participating- they were not too cool for it. I feel it did benefit many of them in that particular classroom.
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