SESSION 2-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

School rules

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 is asked by her friends to go with them to the stationary during a lunch break. The stationary is located across the street. Accordingly, they need to leave the school to go there. However, they are not allowed to leave the school. In the story, they watch the difficulties experienced by the student while deciding about leaving the school.

Introduction: 

Class Discussion- A discussion between the teacher and students will be held about the story. 

Guiding students’ focus toward the lesson objectives through exploring the principles of decision-making such as safety and security.

Decomposition:

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

What is the problem in this story?

How do other students react to the idea of leaving the school? 

Abstraction: In the abstraction phase, students are required to focus on the relevant and important information in the story. 

Worksheet 3- Students will be given a worksheet that requires them to list the behaviors the student faced in the story. They will also evaluate whether they would consider or ignore these behaviors to decide to solve the problem. 

Discussion- Leading students to discuss what matters most in this story and summarize it. 

Pattern Recognition: 

Worksheet 4- The activity will be carried out to identify the similarities and differences between the situation given in the worksheet and the digital story. 

Algorithmic Thinking:

Students will be required to write how they would overcome the challenges of the story step by step and make a responsible decision regarding the situation in the story they watched. 

Closure 

Class Discussion- Students will have an opportunity to talk about their decisions regarding the digital story they watched. They will explain if their decision is safe for themselves and other students, is against the school rules and would disappoint their parents and teachers. They will indicate the factors that influence their decision.

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES