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THE CU R R I C U LU M
AP R IL M. BAG O N -FAELDAN
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Learning Outcomes

q Define social literacy

q Discuss social skills, their impact and
strategies for improvement
q Describe an emotionally intelligent person
q Present ways for enhancing people skills
q Identify ways on how to integrate social
literacy in the lesson

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Learning Outcomes
q Draw relevant life lessons and significant
values from personal experience on practicing
social literacy
q Analyze research abstract on social literacy
and its implications to the teaching-learning
process.
q Design an instructional material that can
beused in integrating social literacy ina
related discipline
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SOCIAL SK I LL S A N D
SOCIAL LI T ER AC Y
The school is a social institution
established for the contemplation
of reality in a profound, personal,
informal and unstructured way.
Teachers facilitate learning, teach
students and model certain types
of acceptable behavior while
developing them in all aspects:

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 academically, physically,
emotionally and socially. In
performing such tasks, teachers
also relate to parents and other
stakeholders. That is why
understanding and attaining social
literacy is imperative among them.

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 SOCIAL
L I TER A C Y
Social literacy entails the
development of social skills,
knowledge and positive
human values toward desire
and ability in human beings
to act and react positively
and responsibly in a wide
range of complex social
settings.
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It can be acquired through social
process of inquiry, values
exploration and social decision-
making that relate to the
acquisition of knowledge and
understanding (Arthur, Davison
and Stow, 2000).

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In school, social literacy can be
demonstrated by teachers in dealing
with their superiors, colleagues,
parents, students and others, while for
students, by way of interaction and
interrelation with their peers, the
media and political the surroundings
around them influencers, technology
agents, religious groups, school staff,
family members, etc.
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Social skills are aspects of social
literacy. As such, these are an
integral part of functioning in
society. It involves good
manners, communicating
effectively with others, being
considerate of others’ feelings
and expressing personal needs.

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In fact, children gain social
skills through playing while
adults obtain it by interrelating
with others, both verbally
(spoken language) and non-
verbally (gestures, body
language, facial expressions, eye
contact and appearance).

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Social skills are also important in
schools because they help build,
maintain and grow relationships
of students with classmates,
peers, teachers, students, and
others, while for teachers, with
their superiors, colleagues,
parents, students, and others.

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 These can be attained through:
(1)gaining ideas, information, techniques
and perspectives from people with
different areas of expertise;

(2) providing their own perspective for

the benefit of others;
(3) accomplishing tasks and working
together toward shared goal;

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(4) providing mutual support for
difficult situations;
(5) expanding network to learn about
and pursue new opportunities;

(6) gaining feedback and referrals from

people who can personally attest to
work, skills and qualities; and
(7) making the school truly a healthy
and conducive learning environment.

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 TYPES OF
SOCIAL S KI L L S
 Effective Communication. It is
the ability to communicate
effectively and share thoughts
and ideas with students
through group conversations,
discussions, etc..

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Conflict Resolution. It is the
ability to get to the source of
the problem and find a
workable solution by weighing
both sides from those involved
with the goal of mediating for
reconciliation.

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Active listening. It is the ability to
pay close attention to a student in
times of counseling, introspection
and consultation.

Empathy. It is the ability to

understand and identify the feelings
of students in times of difficulty and
trouble.
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 Relationship management. It is the ability
to maintain key connections with school
relationships and build stakeholders for
the student's development.

Respect. It can be done by knowing when

to initiate communication and respond
during interactions or even in times of
heated arguments and confrontations.

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 Problem-solving skills. These
involve seeking help, making
effective decisions and accepting
consequences to derive better
solutions to the problem.

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Interpersonal skills. These include the
abilities of sharing, joining
activities, asking for permission and
waiting for one's turn in every facet
of school undertakings.

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 IM P R OV I N G
SOCIA L S K I L L S
Social skills can be improved by
focusing on sustaining desirable
attitudes and eliminating those
undesirable ones through modeling,
role-playing and performance
feedback mechanisms.

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In addition, one may consider:

(1) maintaining eye contact;

(2) using proper body language;
(3) knowing the difference between
being assertive and being aggressive;
(4) selecting effective
Communication channels;

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(5) being flexible;
(6) accepting criticism
without being defensive;
(7) remaining positive at all
times; and
(8) being teachable and a
good student in most
instances.

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 EMOTIONAL
INTE LLIG E NCE
(EQ)
Emotional Intelligence can bring about
maintaining a healthy and purposeful
relationship with others that may best
depict a social literate person.

Goleman (1996) defines Emotional

Intelligence (EQ) as the ability to:
(1)recognize, understand and manage
own emotions, and
(2)recognize, understand and influence
the emotions of others.
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It is being aware that emotions
can drive behavior and impact
people (positively and negatively),
and learning how to manage
those emotions, both one's own
and others' when under pressure,
especially in times of:

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(1)giving and receiving feedback;
(2) meeting tight deadlines;
(3)dealing with challenging
relationships;
(4) not having enough resources;
(5) dealing with change; and
(6) Experiencing setbacks and
failure.

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STR AT E G IE S F O R
EN HA N C IN G
E M O TI O N A L
INT E LL I G E N C E
(EQ)
Think about feelings. A person has to be
sensitive to one’s and other's feelings
to come up with the right manner of
approach or appropriate response.
For example, a teacher has to be
aware of his/her students background
or situation that may trigger negative
emotions. In that case, he/she would
know the right approach when
dealing with sensitive issues class.

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 Pause. This is about taking a moment to
stop and think before doing anything to
refrain from resorting to an unsound
decision at the height of anger.
For example, at the peak of anger with
a student who commits violations, a
teacher may gently pause for a while and
take a moment of silence to rethink and
cool down before jumping to any decision
in order to avoid untoward consequences.

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Strive to control one's thoughts. This is
controlling the reaction to emotions by
focusing on one's thoughts in harmony
with goals and values.
For example, instead of overreacting to a
certain incident or situation in class, try to
control negative thoughts to see a myriad
of colors at the end of the rainbow among
students. As such, try to find beauty in all
things despite not-so-good circumstances
that may happen.
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 Benefit from criticism. Criticism, even not delivered
in a favorable way, is an opportunity to learn and
it gives idea on how others think about you.
For example, when a senior teacher gives
negative feedback on your work, instead of taking
it personally against him/her, gratefully accept it
with humility and appreciation, just think that it
is for your improvement.

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Show authenticity. This is saying what we mean
with what we say and we have to stick on to our
values and principles.
For example, in times of confrontation with
parents, as teachers, we should clearly express
our side with respect and sincerity while
consistently upholding on to the principle and
truth behind the issue in order to avoid resorting
to heated argument and conflict at the end.

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Demonstrate empathy. Whenever we
show empathy to others, such as
understanding their thoughts and
feelings, we can easily establish a
connection with them. As teachers,
we should reach out to students
who are in their worse situations
and try to understand them and feel
as if we were in the same boat.

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Praise others. This is by way of acknowledging
and appreciating others toward attaining self-
fulfillment and building trust.
For example, teachers should give
acknowledgment and praise to students for their
deeds that are worth commending.

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Give helpful feedback. Although negative
feedback may hurt one's feelings, at
some point, it can be turned constructive
for one's improvement.

For example, when we receive negative

feedback from our superiors, we have to
take it as a challenge toward becoming a
better and stronger person.

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Apologize. Saying sorry demonstrates
humility, a quality that will naturally
win others as you value the relationship
more than the ego.
For example, whenever we commit
mistakes in teaching, whether big or
small, there is nothing to lose when we
apologize, even at times, doing it may
seem to be very difficult.

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Forgive and forget. Forgiving and
forgetting prevent others from holding
emotions and allowing one to move
forward.

For example, when a student or a

colleague hurts us, we should be ready to
forgive and let go of the pains that
somehow caused us.

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Keep our commitments. The habit of keeping
one's word in things, either big or small,
develops a strong reputation for reliability
and trustworthiness.
For example, when we are given tasks in
the school, make sure that we commit
ourselves, our time and efforts into it.
Remember, opportunities may only come
once, therefore, grab every opportunity that
may come along our way for it may never
come again.
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Help others. One way to positively win
others is through helping them
because listening to and helping them
can build trust and inspire them to
follow.
For example, in every school
activity, we have to find ways to help
others accomplish their tasks
successfully. In return, they will be
grateful to us.

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Protect ourselves from emotional sabotage.
This is being wise enough in protecting
ourselves when others attempt to
manipulate our emotions for personal
sake.
For example, when we feel that
someone has been excessively or wrongly
controlling our actions, feelings and
decisions in school, stop it in any right
but subtle and courteous way possible.

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10 CHAR AC T E R IST I CS
OF A N E M O T IO N A LL Y
INT E LL IG E N T
PERSON
The following are indicators
and manifestations of an
emotionally intelligent person
that have to be considered and
demonstrated in schools.

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Empathy. Empathy is the capacity to
understand or feel what another person is
experiencing from within their frame of
reference.
Greater Good Science Center in UC Berkeley
laid down two different types of empathy,
namely:
(1) Affective Empathy – refers to the
sensations and feelings that one gets in
response to others' emotions including

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mirroring what that person is feeling, or
just feeling stressed when he/she detects
another's fear or anxiety

(b) Cognitive Empathy (sometimes called

"perspective- taking") - refers to one's
ability to identify and understand other
people's emotions.

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Self-awareness. It is the art of
understanding one's self,
recognizing the stimuli that
he/she faces and preparing how
to manage him/herself, both in a
proactive and reactive manner.

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Curiosity. It is one's
willingness to learn and
improve. When one is curious,
he/she is passionate and
therefore, he/she is driven to
desire to be at his/her best.

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Analytical mind. It pertains
to being critical thinker that
analyzes and processes all
new information that comes
his/her way and see if they
can extract ways to improve.

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Belief. It is the power of
believing in one's self, both at
present and the future. It is a
matter of affirming that people
and things in one's life happen
for a reason and that
everything will ultimately turn
out to be good.

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Needs and wants. It is
something to discern between
things that one needs versus
things that he/she just wants
and establishing needs prior to
fulfilling wants.

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Passion. It is the natural
desire. instinct, drive,
ambition and motivated
love for a subject or
someone. More so, It brings
positive energy that helps
sustain and inspire one to
keep going.

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Optimism. It is about
maintaining a positive
attitude that may increase
one's opportunities, improve
relationships and think
clearly and constructively.

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Adaptability. It is an
important recognition and the
ability to make or remake
decisions in one's best
interest. It is also determining
when to continue his/her
course, or when is the time for
a change.

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Desire to help others succeed. It is
becoming interested and
appreciative of the success and
achievement of others.

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