Responsible decision making involves the ability to make good choices and decisions. It entails keeping an open mind and solving problems on our own.
I teach this skill through a lot of hands on activities and storybooks. It is important to give my students opportunities to make their own choices and decisions and learn through the natural consequence of their decisions. This includes positive as well as negative consequences. During these activities, I tie in questions that target inferences and predictions which fosters problem solving and reasoning. The students enjoy the freedom they are given to make their own choices then see consequences of their choices. Allowing responsible decision making provides multiple opportunities for my students to engage in conversation. We discuss their choices, assess if they were good decisions, if they should have done something differently and then talk about rationales for their choices.
I teach this skill through a lot of hands on activities and storybooks. It is important to give my students opportunities to make their own choices and decisions and learn through the natural consequence of their decisions. This includes positive as well as negative consequences. During these activities, I tie in questions that target inferences and predictions which fosters problem solving and reasoning. The students enjoy the freedom they are given to make their own choices then see consequences of their choices. Allowing responsible decision making provides multiple opportunities for my students to engage in conversation. We discuss their choices, assess if they were good decisions, if they should have done something differently and then talk about rationales for their choices.