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Pedagogical Workshops for Promoting Prosocial Behaviour among Students- Case Study

Prosocial behaviour refers to intentional behaviour aimed at helping others or having a positive influence on others. A great role in developing prosocial behaviour has a community in which the child belongs. Therefore, great attention should be about the development of the prosocial behaviour in the classroom, which will fully contribute to the student's empathy development, active listening skills, being able to work collaboratively, being able to resolve conflict constructively and self-esteem development as well as the self-confidence development. Pedagogical workshops can contribute to a better understanding of the child’s personality. According to that, their aim is on the actual process whose purpose is to enable each participant the feeling of equality and belonging. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether pedagogical workshops encourage prosocial behaviour in students. The study was conducted during March 2019 and included methodological triangulation (participatory observation, sociometric test and interview) among students of one class department in a rural area of Slavonia, Croatia. The results of the qualitative research showed that pedagogical workshops provide the conditions necessary to encourage prosocial behaviour in students. Also, the research showed that pedagogical workshops are related to the strengthening of social relations within the group and that certain activities are related to the student's development of empathy, self-confidence and constructive conflict resolution.

prosocial behaviour, pedagogical workshops, social competence

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