Social Awareness by Transforming Education https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness Social Awareness is the ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others from diverse backgrounds and cultures, to understand social and ethical norms for behavior, and to recognize family, school, and community resources and supports. Students with strong social awareness can more easily adapt to their environment, empathize with the perspectives of others, engage in fewer disruptive classroom behaviors, and are able to engage in constructive communication with their peers and resolve conflicts when they arise. To learn more, download TransformEd's toolkit at https://www.transformingeducation.org/social-awareness-toolkit/. (Click on our name at the top for more padlets from TransformEd!) en-us 2018-03-22 17:18:28 UTC 2018-08-16 17:36:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/268556916/41b49785d52998cbf8794c228871ee33/SA.png 5 Strategies to Teach Social Responsibility TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245131940 2018-03-22 17:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245131940 Building a Pedagogy of Engagement for Students in Poverty TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245132818 2018-03-22 17:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245132818 Building Community and Combating Hate: Lessons for the Middle School Classroom TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245133300 2018-03-22 17:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245133300 The New Science of Wise Psychological Interventions TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245133632 2018-03-22 17:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245133632 Dr. Marc Brackett on Emotional Intelligence TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135380 2018-03-22 17:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135380 How Emotions Differ Across Cultures TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135536 2018-03-22 17:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135536 TransformEd's Social Awareness Toolkit TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135656 2018-03-22 17:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135656 The Morningside Center for Social Responsibility - Teachable Moment Classroom Activities TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135832 2018-03-22 17:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245135832 The Information Library at Responsive Classroom TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245136157 2018-03-22 17:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245136157 Educator Resources from Facing History and Ourselves TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245136337 2018-03-22 17:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245136337 Shared Norms TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245138711 Create shared norms on how members of your class will interact with one another that become part of the classroom culture. This shared language and agreement contains familiar, understandable ways to communicate with others, including how to listen, show gratitude, or apologize. Read a how-to guide on facilitating classroom norming by using a T-chart here.]]> 2018-03-22 17:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245138711 What's Your Portrait? TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245139308 Before norming day, have students take a personality assessment (for example, the Kiersey Temperament Sorter or the True Colors Personality Test), and ask them to form groups with peers who have similar scores. Ask the groups to a) identify what their teammates have in common and b) decide what outside groups should know about them. Then, ask the groups to report on their discussions. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:32:46 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245139308 Participatory Classroom TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245139747 Make your classroom more participatory by giving your students more say in what happens in the classroom. Consider letting students determine classroom guidelines and consequences, offering students the opportunity to share their ideas about assignments and areas of study, making certain decisions by consensus, and offering opportunities for students to teach the class. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245139747 Foster Civil Discourse TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245140050 Create a safe and reflective classroom open for exchanging ideas and listening respectfully by using strategies that help students practice constructive civil discourse. Find a strategies guide from Facing History here. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:33:46 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245140050 Family Engagement TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245140328 Engage families in their children’s education. Enhance family involvement by offering opportunities to be involved that are accessible to families who work multiple jobs, reaching out early and often, and facilitating ongoing communication, rather than waiting until something’s wrong. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245140328 Active & Constructive Responding TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245141271 Encourage students to practice active, constructive responding by regularly sharing positive news with one another in a large group setting (e.g., during morning meeting). When students share something positive, have everyone practice using active and constructive responses, including: 
- enthusiastic responses
- eye contact
- celebrating good news together
- asking open-ended questions
nodding head with a smile 
 
]]> 2018-03-22 17:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245141271 Post-group reflection TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245141880 Have student collaborate on projects. Read more about fostering an ideal cooperative learning environment here. Provide an opportunity for reflection after group projects through journal writing by using the following prompts:
- How do you feel about the group’s effort toward finishing the assignment?  
- List some actions you took to help the group finish the assignment.  
- How did participants treat one another throughout the project?  
How did it feel to work in this particular group? What made it feel that way?
]]> 2018-03-22 17:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245141880 The Jigsaw Classroom TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245142110 Encourage students to work together to build knowledge on a topic with The Jigsaw Classroom.  Find the steps for implementation here. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:37:15 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245142110 Mood Meter TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245142625 Help students build self-awareness and emotional literacy by using the Mood Meter to help them understand and label their feels and those of others.  Watch Yale’s Center for Emotional Intelligence introductory video to learn more. See a sample mood meter and find more ideas about how to use it here.]]> 2018-03-22 17:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245142625 Elementary School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245143376 Explore the topic of empathy as a single classroom or in mixed-age buddy pairs with an interactive comic based on the PBS children’s series Arthur. Access the Educator’s Guide for this complete lesson plan and others here.]]> 2018-03-22 17:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245143376 Elementary School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245143836 Foster an opportunity for students to become immersed in another’s perspective and experience by having students create text and visuals about the experiences of a historical figure and then conduct a “gallery walk” to learn and ask about each other’s work. In preparing to present their work and answer questions, students will learn about the historical figure’s perspective and circumstances. Find more information about gallery walks here. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245143836 Middle School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245144215 Build in a cooperative learning technique into a debate or group discussion on a variety of topics by implementing the Constructive Controversy technique. Find the steps for implementation in our Social Awareness Toolkit. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245144215 Middle School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245144465 Facilitate an activity in which students can recognize the similarities and differences between one another and develop a working definition of diversity. Find the instructions for this lesson (Lesson 2) and others here. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245144465 High School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245145118 Explore central conflicts in a novel/story by applying collaborative approaches to resolving it. Have students imagine how characters could solve the conflict in a more collaborative way using this lesson as a guide. ]]> 2018-03-22 17:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245145118 High School TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245145455 Explore the use of emotions in the media by reviewing commercials and social media ads to help students develop their ability to recognize and label emotions. Have students analyze political commercials or social media ads. (Elementary school students might select pictures about products or services and identify the emotions they are intended to elicit.) ]]> 2018-03-22 17:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/245145455 MyWays' 5 Essentials Ways to Build Social Capital TransformEd https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/272671045 Learn more about the social capital ecosystem and strategies to help students leverage social supports.]]> 2018-08-10 19:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/TransformEd/socialawareness/wish/272671045