Social awareness is the ability to respond to social situations appropriately, read social cues and judge the appropriateness of ones own response to others actions. Social awareness could be considered how well someone 'reads the room.' Social awareness is an important skill to master as it is a key factor in establishing and keeping strong and positive relationships. Further, social awareness is a skill that is essential in many professional workplaces. Students with low social awareness often struggle to interact with others appropriately and can be picked on for their poor social responses. Teaching social awareness is not something that I currently incorporate into my classroom instruction. After learning more about social awareness and its impact on students well-being I do plan to begin integrating teaching social awareness in the classroom. The techniques that I plan to use are role playing and perspective taking of others (my hope is that this helps students level of empathy). I also would like to incorporate active listening activities to help strengthen students ability to listen with intention and respond kindly.
