SNE 011 - Teaching of Social Skills

The aim of this course is to know the definition and importance of the concept of social skills and to learn how social skills can be gained in primary school education.

Definition of the concept of social skills, its dimensions, the relationship of the dimensions with each other; the selection of methods and techniques to provide students with social skills and generalize skills; selection of target skills; analyzing the skill, being a model for the child, making the children play a role and rehearsing the skill; have children repeat the skill; assessing children's performance; generalizing social skills and examining primary school curriculum; Determining the skills in the lessons and sample activity applications will be covered.

Deniz, M. E. & Eryılmaz, A. (2025). Sosyal Beceri Eğitimi. Pegem Akademi.

Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı. (2022). Sosyal Beceriler I. Kademe Ders Kitabı. MEB Yayınları.

Ataş, A. T. & Efeçınar, İ. (2017). Çocuklar İçin Gerçek Yaşam Becerileri. Remzi Kitabevi.

Caldarella, C. & Merrell, K. W. (1997) Common Dimensions of Social Skills of Children and Adolescents: A Taxonomy of Positive Behaviors, School Psychology Review, 26:2, 264-278, DOI: 10.1080/02796015.1997.12085865 [can be retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/02796015.1997.12085865]

Attendance is the top priority; each student is responsible for monitoring their own attendance. Every student has a total absence allowance of 4 weeks. Requests exceeding this limit will not be considered.

In addition to learning from lecture presentations and the core textbook, students are required to deliver an individual presentation using supplementary resources.

Presentations must be based on a social skill selected from the source titled "Real Life Skills for Children" and should be structured under the following subheadings:

1. Definition and the specific skill area it belongs to.

2. Importance in terms of primary school-age development.

3. Consequences of its deficiency/absence.

4. Learning outcomes to be gained if the skill is developed.

5. Implementation of a sample classroom activity aimed at acquiring this skill.

Presentations will be evaluated based on the level of preparation (1: Needs Improvement, 2: Good, 3: Very Good) regarding the criteria mentioned above.

Attendance is the top priority; each student is responsible for monitoring their own attendance. Every student has a total absence allowance of 4 weeks. Requests exceeding this limit will not be considered.