TAKING INITIATIVE
Sense of initiative is knowing how to translate ideas into action. This includes self-assessment, creativity, innovation and risk taking, as well as the ability to plan and manage projects to achieve goals. It is essential to be able to evaluate positive and negative aspects of different choices and possible consequences, but also to discuss and argue in groups the criteria and motivations of choices, highlighting facts, risks, opportunities and listening to the motivations of others. Taking the initiative is related to the ability to make decisions individually and in groups, evaluating among different alternatives and motivating the criteria of choice, assessing the pros and cons, risks and opportunities and motivating the final choice. Programs aimed at the development of creativity have multiple values in the improvement of children, in addition to preparation for the world of work, also for involvement, motivation and performance in school and in life; aspects that positively influence the reduction of frustrations, the reduction of tensions and conflicts.
STRATEGIES FOR TEACHERS
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Promoting contexts where pupils are stimulated to focus on listening and reading the verbal and non-verbal messages of their friends
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Teaching listening techniques
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Support pupils in clearly defining the goal they want to achieve in communication Train pupils to a positive and proactive attitude even under pressure
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Train pupils to give their point of view
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Favor contexts where the group "wins" and not the individual
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Support pupils in the correct use of social media so that digital communication does not replace the empathic relationship (what should not be communicated through the media) but can instead strengthen the contact (when the media arrive where we do not arrive, for example providing knowledge).