Personal & social development // Friendship & Cooperation
Helping Others Resolve Conflicts
Mediate conflicts between others — helping two friends who are arguing by listening to both sides, helping them see each other's perspective, and guiding them toward a fair resolution
Quick check
If two of the learner's friends are arguing and both come to the learner for support, can the learner help them talk it out fairly rather than just taking one side?
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Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Listen to both sides of a conflict without taking sides initially
- Help each person articulate their perspective to the other
- Suggest a fair resolution or compromise that both parties can accept
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
4 topicsFriendship & Cooperation // Ages 7 to 9
Mediating others' conflicts builds on resolving own disagreements
- Roles in a GroupRequired
Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 7 to 9
Mediation requires understanding different group roles
- Communication VocabularyRequired
Friendship & Cooperation // Ages 7 to 11
Mediating conflicts requires precise vocabulary for mediation, conflict, and resolution
Empathy & Social Awareness // Ages 7 to 9
Mediating conflicts benefits from perspective-taking ability
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Helping Others Resolve Conflicts
Ages 9 to 11 // Method
Leads to
1 topicFriendship & Cooperation // Ages 12 to 13
Advanced cooperation skills depends on earlier group work concepts
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE.INT.P3.LO.7PSPE.INT.P4.LO.3
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