PSsmile - Curriculum Framework
5. Social Awareness
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General goals
Promote a higher knowledge of social and emotional aspects and personal resources in contexts and environments children attend to;
Identify changes and opportunities occurring in small and large communities and focus on personal contribution to construct a positive community.
Explore the nature of emotions and feelings as positive mindset in people I know in my life context
- identify my life contexts and people with whom I spend my time (people I meet, request they do, what we do together etc.),
- identify attitudes and emotions people I know might experience in our life contexts,
- recognize that each of us feels and respond in different ways,
- understand how emotions are influenced by personal behavior and by others behavior
Explore and understand personal resources as positive social mindset in my life context
o know positive resources relevant in the relationship with others (i.e., curiosity, empathy, solidarity, flexibility, etc..), describe and differentiate them
o know how personal positive resources impact reasoning and behaviors (i.e. analyze positive and negative stories)
o explore cultural diversities in expressing emotions, feelings, and positive mindset in social contexts
o recognize and appreciate that each person has multiple identities and uniqueness
Discover changes and challenges occurring in small and large communities and understand the impact of positive mindset
- recognize changes occurring in small and large communities, emotions, and feelings they may activate in persons experiencing diversities (social inequalities, climate changes, unexpected health issues)
- identify the potential challenges and opportunity hidden in these changes to positive mindset and relationships (i.e., discover unexpected skills),
- identify and acknowledge that my behavior can change the people mindset (i.e., how people feel) and contribute to the wellbeing of people living in my community.
Progress in exploring positive
future communities.
- understand and acknowledge the value of diversities and the hidden opportunities in cultural diversity for enriching ourselves and grow
- discover and reflect on situations in which people using their positive mindset transformed a challenge into an opportunity
- identify different lenses to look at possible future challenges in my community
- identify possible resources and supports, as well as persons, I could count on to reach these goals.