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Teaching Approaches: The social interpersonal focus

  • Roy Edwards
  • 2 days ago
  • 2 min read

the social interpersonal teaching approaches


In the previous blog, we focused on the importance of applying kinaesthetic learning opportunities in the overall educational agenda. This week we shall explore the critical issue of developing social interpersonal abilities.



Introduction to the social Interpersonal focus


Social interpersonal learning is an educational approach in which it is acknowledged that many students learn more effectively from interaction with other students and sharing ideas. It is characterised by active participation in collective peer work experiences such as discussions, debates, and a variety of assigned projects.


Then, this approach significantly promotes increased cognitive development while encouraging social and emotional growth. Finally, it also helps students to learn how to navigate complex social relationships, avoid unnecessary conflict, and develop empathy towards others.



The value of developing interpersonal teamwork abilities


The primary reason why teamworking is prioritised at Anglo educational institutions is that it provides the opportunity to develop a range of soft skills as illustrated in the image below.


developing soft skills


These abilities are not only essential for successful performance in the educational context but will also be prioritised in the future by employers in the graduate job recruitment process.



In conclusion, it is important for educators to acknowledge that many students dislike team-based activities. This is not due to being anti-social but arises from the perspective that they are typically time wasting and often descend into social conversations or even arguments. Such students are known by the comical term of Robinson Crusoe learners. We shall explore this type of student learning preference in the next blog.



Questions


  1. Might some international students initially find this approach somewhat threatening?


  2. Would this approach first require students to have gained a sound background of the topics?


  3. What is meant by an intra-personal learning style?



We shall explore Question 3 in the next blog.







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