走进美高心理课第二单元—感恩

Starting from October, the Counseling team at Living Word Shanghai launched a series of social-emotional learning class, called “Choose Love Enrichment Program.” It teaches four important character values: Courage, Gratitude, Forgiveness and Compassion in Action, one topic per month. The program cultivates optimism, resilience and personal responsibility. Through this program, we will guide students improve their mental health and academic performance.

本课程由David、Damian、Katrina和Belinda四位老师授课。在十一月份，我们完成了“感恩”专题，相关的要点和活动如下：

The program is taught by four teachers: David, Damian, Katrina, and Belinda. In November we finished the topic of “Gratitude.” Here is the summary.

(1) Gratitude is mindful thankfulness and the ability to be thankful even when things are challenging. We can be grateful for anything: people, places, ideas, relationships, nature, things you’ve learned, and more.

 

 

老师们还组织了其他活动来调动学生的参与。例如，Belinda引导学生演出短剧，模拟日常生活中的帮助与感恩；David和Damian让学生写下小组里欣赏的人和他们的特质，并在小组里分享；Katrina设计了有趣的团体游戏，让课堂更活泼、学生的互动更热络。

The teachers also use some other practices to mobilize students’ engagement. For instance, Belinda made students play a drama about helping and gratitude in daily life; David and Damian had students write down descriptions of group members they appreciate, and share those messages in the groups; Katrina brought in interesting games that made the class vivid and has more interactions.

在本期的课程之后，我们给学生做了线上问卷，以了解本课程对学生是否有帮助，以及学生的意见。有43位学生填答，结果如下：

After the November class, we made an online survey to see if the students find the classes helpful. Here is the result based on 43 respondents:

关于本课程是否对学生的情绪有帮助，79%的填答者表示“非常符合”，21% 表示“一般符合”。

About whether the classes were helpful for students’ emotion, 79% of the respondents checked “very true” while 21% checked “moderately true.”

关于本课程是否对学生的人际关系有帮助，56%表示“非常符合”，44% 表示“一般符合”。 

About whether the classes were helpful for students’ relationship, 56% of the respondents checked “very true” while 44% checked “moderately true.”

总体有93%的学生认为老师们很认真准备和教授这门课。许多学生表示，希望能更多地开设这门课，以及在课上进行更多活动。

    美高心理辅导组会在下学期继续开设本课程，并根据学生的反馈来改进课程质量，为学生带来更丰富生动的体验。

93% of the respondents agreed that the teachers prepared and taught the classes well.

Many students commented that they wish to have more classes under this program, and have more activities in the classes.

The counseling team will continue the program next semester. We will improve its quality based on the students’ feedback, making it a richer and more vivid experience.