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In peer-dominated contexts, functional diversity may lead to marginalization and exclusion. [50] [51] Socially excluded children may have unsatisfying peer relationships, low self-esteem, and lack of achievement motivation, which affect their social and academic aspects of life, mental health, and general well-being.
In addition to promoting positive peer relationships, successfully managing the social environment of the kindergarten classroom also contributes to more positive academic outcomes. [5] Through more positive social interactions, children are better able to access the resources that they need to thrive in the classroom setting. [5]
For example, in order to complete a difficult school assignment, a child may need the ability to manage their sense of frustration and seek out help from a peer. To maintain a romantic relationship after a fight, a teen may need to be able to articulate their feelings and take the perspective of their partner to successfully resolve the conflict.
Teachers reviewed the top candidates, and selected the tutors based on social skills, language skills, school attendance and classroom behavior. The student or students chosen as peers must be properly coached before the peer relationship begins, both to understand the importance of the intervention and the methods which should be used.
Tootling is a classroom-based intervention used to increase peer prosocial behaviors, particularly offering and receiving help, while decreasing negative and disruptive peer interactions. [1] Tootling is like tattling but refers to the reporting of only positive, rather than inappropriate, social behaviors.
Peer pressure is a direct or indirect influence on peers, i.e., members of social groups with similar interests and experiences, or social statuses. Members of a peer group are more likely to influence a person's beliefs, values, religion and behavior.
Positive education is an approach to education that draws on positive psychology's emphasis of individual strengths and personal motivation to promote learning.Unlike traditional school approaches, positive schooling teachers use techniques that focus on the well-being of individual students. [1]
Peer 2 Peer University, or P2PU, which was founded in 2009 by Philipp Schmidt and others, is an example from the informal learning side. Speaking about the beginnings of P2PU, Schmidt echoes Siemens’ connectivism ideas and explains that, “The expertise is in the group.