Inquiry Question:
If everyday skills are implemented into the teaching environment, to what extent are students more efficient in creating positive interpersonal relations and influenced to further develop self care skills?
Project Description
Common sense skills are said to be directly correlated with a person’s ability to understand self and others. Furthermore, common sense is related to efficiency in explaining predicting, describing and understanding human behaviour. Thus, developing common sense skills can positively influence ones ability to regulate their behavior, and more genuinely create and maintain interpersonal relationships. Some students rely on schools to meet their basic needs. As this population of students increases schools have began providing services such as, breakfast/lunch clubs, and medical and dental care. It became clear to me that schools must continue adapting in the ways that they care for students. My project targets the gap that exists between meeting students physical needs and their intellectual rights. I aimed to provide students with a more holistic understanding of the skills they will need to achieve success in their personal and professional lives. So, I created The Common Sense Club. This club ran once a week for eight weeks. My groups targeted skills such as, card play, self-care and wellness, and food sourcing. Furthermore, I was able to complete a large scale bathroom renovation for my PSIII school that will continue to support students wellbeing on an ongoing basis.
Below is a list of resources that I explored and employed in the creation of my common sense club.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sideways-view/201506/the-psychology-common-sense
https://www.commonsense.org/education/lesson/activity-sheets/en
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/connecting_families/faws_bundled_allunits_cfsite.pdf
https://www.wikihow.com/Develop-Common-Sense