SESSION 1-RESPONSIBLE DECISION-MAKING

The students will be able to:

• explain responsible decision-making principles

• analyze different options/alternatives to decide responsibly when faced with an issue

• realize that the decisions made responsibly have positive and negative consequences

• realize that the decisions made responsibly have the short- and long-term impacts

• understand the importance of responsible decision-making in terms of safety

• understand the importance of responsible decision-making in terms of social life

• be eager to make responsible decisions

• evaluate the appropriateness of a decision in terms of responsible decision-making principles

• make responsible decisions in situations encountered

TITLES & CONTENT

Importance of responsible decision making

Bullying in a classroom

Examples of real-life experiences

Considering ethical standards, social norms, and safety in making decisions

Making appropriate choices in life

TEACHING/LEARNING PROCESS

Situation: The students watch a digital story about a student who has to decide about his friends who bully a new student in the class and ask him to be on their side.

Introduction: 

Drama Activity- Switching roles 

Students will work in pairs. While one of them is assigned the role of the student who defends the new student in the story; the other is assigned the role of a student who bullies. Then, the students are required to switch roles. 

Decomposition: 

Class Discussion- Leading students to decompose the problem through questions such as:  

What is the problem in this story?

Who is/are causing the problem? 

How students in the classroom behaved toward the new student? 

Who opposed them? 

Abstraction: 

Worksheet 1-Students will be required to complete the “Hourglass Activity”. Accordingly, they will identify the behaviors they will focus on to solve the problem encountered in the story. 

Pattern Recognition: 

Examples of Real-Life Experiences- Students will be asked to share a similar unpleasant experience. The teacher encourages appropriate stories to discuss in the classroom. Students will be required to explain the situation, the way they made their decisions and the consequences of their decisions. The similarities and differences between the experiences the students had, and the digital story will also be indicated.

Algorithmic Thinking: 

Worksheet 2- Students will be required to complete the worksheet to explain how they would overcome the challenges of the story they watched step by step and make a responsible decision.

Closure 

Class Discussion- Students will have an opportunity to talk about their decisions regarding the digital story they watched. They will indicate the values that influence their decision. The positive and negative consequences of decisions will also be discussed.

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES