The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Teachers Support of Students’ Social-Emotional and Self-Management Skills Using a Solution-Focused Skillful-Class Method
Table 1: Most needed social-emotional and self-management skills in primary schools identified by primary school teachers in Finland (Furman, 2018)
| Collective skills for the whole class | 1 | We (I) can pack my school bag. | Self-management Skill |
| 2 | We (I) can get homework done. | Self-management Skill | |
| 3 | We (I) can raise our (my) hand (s) before speaking. | Self-management Skill | |
| 4 | We (I) can listen to teachers’ instruction. | Self-management Skill | |
| 5 | We (I) can calm down to focus on learning. | Self-management SkillSocial-emotional Skill | |
| 6 | We (I) can solve most conflicts or disagreements among ourselves. | Self-management SkillSocial-emotional Skill | |
| Individual skills for each student to decide which skill he/she would like to learn. Several students can have the same skill. | 1 | I can wait for my turn. | Self-management SkillSocial-emotional Skill |
| 2 | I can listen to others without interrupting them. | Self-management SkillSocial-emotional Skill | |
| 3 | I can speak in front of others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 4 | I can stay on task. | Self-management Skill | |
| 5 | I can stay calm when I make a mistake or fail. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 6 | I can accept losing in games. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 7 | I can help others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 8 | I can stick up for others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 9 | I can move around calmly and safely. | Self-management Skill | |
| 10 | I can eat neatly and calmly without disturbing others. | Self-management SkillSocial-emotional Skill | |
| 11 | I can ask for help when I need it. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 12 | I can shift from one activity to the next activity. | Self-management skillSocial-emotional Skill | |
| 13 | I can respond to others’ teasing with humor. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 14 | I can apologize to others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 15 | I can ask for things nicely. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 16 | I can encourage others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 17 | I can have the courage to ask to join others’ activities. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 18 | I can be proud of my accomplishments. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 19 | I can remember to thank others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 20 | I can appraise (give compliments to) others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 21 | I can calmly accept “No” from others. | Social-emotional Skill | |
| 22 | I can recognize when to say “No” to others. | Social-emotional Skill |