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What makes a good peer mediator?

What makes a good peer mediator?
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Key Info
  • What makes a good peer mediator?
  • Duration: 03:57
  • A teacher asks her pupils what skills they think they need to be a good peer mediator. These include understanding feelings, not taking sides, knowing how to help and how to listen. Children applying to become peer mediators are trained. Through role play the children learn the process of mediation and a clear set of promises made by both the mediators and the visitors helps to set the rules.
  • Subject:

    PSHE

       Topic:

    Relationships: Teamwork and Mediation

  • Keywords: conflict, problems, solutions, compromise, peer mediation, Emotional Literacy
Ideas for use in class
  • This clip would be useful in PSHE lessons to illustrate one of the ways in which children can support peers in the playground to find resolutions to conflict. The clip might even inspire a school to consider taking on such an initiative itself.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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