Social Skills

Students often struggle with various social skills when working in groups. There are times where students don't use active listening skills because they are convinced that their opinion or thought is correct.  Students need to work on listening with understanding and empathy by giving the speaker their undivided attention when they are talking. They also need to work on being aware of how others are feeling and being in tune with their emotions. When we are activity listening, group members will feel respected and comfortable sharing ideas and voicing opinions. This leads to the next point of relationship management. Students often prefer to work with their friends and people they feel comfortable with rather than working with someone new. Students need to remain respectful if they are assigned to a group of people they don't normally work with. Students need to be aware and of their feelings and how they are expressing those feelings if they are working with someone they don't know or don't get along with. By keeping a positive attitude and thinking about how their negative words/actions could affect someone else, they could avoid these altercations and work towards working cooperatively in their new group.



Be aware of how you affect others.