Personal Development: Self Awareness
In this unit you will develop your confidence and self esteem by taking part in a project to develop your self awareness. You will look at yourself and evaluate your personal qualities and think about your feelings.
You will use what you learn about yourself to:
- Track your progress
- Look back at what you have learned about yourself and
- Make changes as a result of your experience
You can refer to your tutor for advice at any stage in your project, but you are expected to work with the minimum of support.
The learning outcomes for this unit are (click to expand):
Evaluate self knowledge
For this outcome you will look at yourself and your feelings and qualities in preparation for making a career plan. You will also find out how others see you. You will explain and justify your choices.
You can refer to your tutor for suport as you work through this learning outcome.
If you wish, you can complete activities to support your learning. Once you complete them you can save the results to your blog.
Review, reflect, record
To show what you have learned you should identify your feelings and qualities on one of the forms (SWOT or Johari's window).
Your tutor will discuss this with you, give you advice and make comments before you use the blog to record evidence.
Form(s) for this outcome:
If you wish, you can complete the following activity(s) to support your learning and use the blog to record evidence.
Carry out a self awareness project
You will undertake a project to help you work out your plans for the future in the form of a career plan.
Your can refer to your tutor for support as you work through this learning outcome.
Review, reflect, record
To show what you have learned you should keep a record. You can complete the following forms to support your learning:
- My tasks for preparing a career action plan: record your progress
- My career plan
Your tutor will discuss these with you, give you advice and make comments before you use the blog to record evidence.
Form(s) for this outcome:
If you wish, you can complete the following activity(s) to support your learning and use the blog to record evidence.
Review progress
For this outcome you will look back on what you have learned and achieved through your career planning project:
- Compare where you are now with your original self assessment
- Explain and comment on your tutor/teacher’s report
- Give examples to support your explanation
- Relate what you have learned to your future plans
You will learn how to review your learning to make the most of your plans for personal and work related goals.
You can refer to your tutor for suport as you work through this learning outcome.
Review, reflect, record
To show what you have learned you should keep a record. You can complete the following form to support your learning:
- Review and reflect: record your progress in preparation for discussion with your tutor
Your tutor will discuss this with you, give you advice and make comments before you use the blog to record evidence.
Form(s) for this outcome:
If you wish, you can complete the following activity(s) to support your learning and use the blog to record evidence.
