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PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
LEARNER'S ACTIVITY SHEET
Quarter 1 – Week 1:
Knowing and Understanding
Oneself
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT – Grade 11
Learner's Activity Sheet
Quarter 1 – Week 1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself
First Edition, 2021

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LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEET IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT (G11)
QUARTER 1, WEEK 1

Name:__________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________________

School: _________________________________ Teacher: ______________________________

Knowing and Understanding Oneself

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
- Aristotle

Competencies:
Explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better EsPPD11/12KOIa1.1
Share his/her unique characteristics, habits and experiences EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-
1.2

General Reminders: Use this activity sheet with care. Ask your subject teacher for
specific instructions on where to put your answers for this specific LAS. Read the
directions carefully before doing each task. Make sure to accomplish all the tasks provided
herein to facilitate learning.

Explore

Activity: Answer the BIG QUESTIONS.

1. In at least 10 sentences, how can understanding yourself pave the way to self-
acceptance and better relationship with others?
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2. In at least 5 sentences, what are your unique characteristics, habits and

experiences? When and how can you share those characteristics, habits and
experiences of yours?
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 Learn

Knowing and Understanding Oneself

Big Question: How can understanding yourself pave the way to self-acceptance and better
relationship with others?

SELF-CONCEPT
Imagine yourself looking into a mirror. What do you see? Do you see your ideal self
or your actual self? Your ideal self is the self that you aspire to be. It is the one that you
hope will possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure.
Your actual self, however, is the one that you actually see. It is the self that has
characteristics that you were nurtured or, in some cases, born to have.
The actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept. Self-
concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these two
selves. In other words, it connotes first the identification of the ideal self as separate from
others, and second, it encompasses all the behaviors evaluated in the actual self that you
engage in to reach the ideal self. The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-
knowledge is derived from social interactions that provide insight into how others react
to you. The actual self is who we actually are. It is how we think, how we feel, look, and
act. The actual self can be seen by others, but because we have no way of truly knowing
how others view us, the actual self is our self-image.
The ideal self, on the other hand, is how we want to be. It is an idealized image that
we have developed over time, based on what we have learned and experienced. The ideal
self could include components of what our parents have taught us, what we admire in
others, what our society promotes, and what we think is in our best interest.
There is negotiation that exists between the two selves which is complex because
there are numerous exchanges between the ideal and actual self. These exchanges are
exemplified in social roles that are adjusted and readjusted, and are derived from
outcomes of social interactions from infant to adult development. Alignment is important.
If the way that I am (the actual self) is aligned with the way that I want to be (the ideal
self), then I will feel a sense of mental well-being or peace of mind. If the way that I am is
not aligned with how I want to be, the incongruence, or lack of alignment, will result in
mental distress or anxiety. The greater the level of incongruence between the ideal self and
real self, the greater the level of resulting distress. Personal development learning
material’s ultimate aim is greater self-knowledge that will lead to higher alignment
between these two personality domains.

PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Personal effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources – talents,
skills, energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals. Your knowledge of yourself and
how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal effectiveness. Being self-
aware, making the most of your strengths, learning new skills and techniques and
behavioral flexibility are all keys to improving your personal performance. Our personal
effectiveness depends on our innate characteristics – talent and experience accumulated
in the process of personal development. Experience includes knowledge and skills that we
acquire in the process of cognitive and practical activities. Knowledge is required for
setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk assessment. Skills also
determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan. If the same
ability is used many times in the same situation, then it becomes a habit that runs
automatically, subconsciously.
Here are some skills that will greatly increase the efficiency of any person who owns
them:
• Determination. It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific goal without being
distracted by less important things or spontaneous desires. It may be developed
with the help of self-discipline exercise.

• Self-confidence. It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of

getting aware of yourself, your actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is
manifested in speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition. To develop
it, you need to learn yourself and your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe
that by performing right actions and achieving right goals you will certainly reach
success.

• Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles –

problems, laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming
obstacles. It can also be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.

• Managing stress. It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the
environment and other people. Stress arises from the uncertainty in an unknown
situation when a lack of information creates the risk of negative consequences of
your actions. It increases efficiency in the actively changing environment.

• Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack
of experience. It increases efficiency by adopting new ways of achieving goals when
obtaining a new experience.

• Creativity. It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action
that no one has tried to use. It can lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but
usually the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools.

• Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional
ideas. Idea is a mental image of an object formed by the human mind, which can be
changed before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas, you can
use a method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and
scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn contributes to the emergence of new ideas.
These are just some, but the most important personal effectiveness skills which
make the achievement of any goal easier and less costly.

BUILD ON YOUR STRENGTHS AND WORK ON YOUR WEAKNESSES

Most failures emanate from weaknesses that are not recognized or probably
recognized but not given appropriate attention or remedy. This could be a weakness in
communications, personality or ability. Instead of giving up or indulging in self-pity, take
action. Go for speech lessons, get skills upgrading, attend personality development
sessions or whatever appropriate remedies to your perceived weakness. Instead of simply
focusing on your weaknesses, recognize your own talents and abilities, build on them,
utilize them to your greatest advantage. This is where you can build your name and
popularity. Handicapped people like Jose Feliciano and other blind singers did not brood
over their physical handicap. They recognized that they have a golden voice so they search
for ways to enrich that talent and now they have won international fame in the field of
music.

Practice Exercises/Activity

MY BANNER- THE TREASURE WITHIN ME

Direction: In a ¼ Manila Paper make a banner just like the on presented

In the spaces indicated by numbers in the banner, write down the following:

1 and 2 two things I do very well

3 and 4 my two greatest achievements in life
5 what in myself am I proudest of
6 my happiest moment
7 positive words that my friends use to describe me
8 a personal goal that I have already achieved
9 three blessings for which I am most thankful to God
10 three of my positive qualities
11difficulties, challenges and problems that I was able to solve and overcome
Activity: Reflection from My Banner.

At the back of your banner, answer the following questions:

1. What do you consider as your weaknesses, abilities and talents?
2. What are the remedies you will take to improve or compensate for your weakness?
3. How can you further enrich your assets and strengths?
4. Where and how do you use it to your best advantage?

Engage

Direction: Summarize what you have learned in this learning material by answering the
Big Question:

A. Essay:
How can understanding yourself pave the way to self-acceptance and better
relationship with others?

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer:

1. Your ___________is the self that you aspire to be. It is the one that you hope
will possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly
figure.
2. Your ___________is the self that has characteristics that you were nurtured or,
in some cases, born to have.
3. ___________refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that
negotiates these two selves.
4. __________________is derived from social interactions that provide insight into
how others react to you.
5. The actual self can be seen by others, but because we have no way of truly
knowing how others view us, the actual self is our _______________.
6. ______________________ means making use of all the personal resources
talents, skills, energy and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.

7. Most ____________ emanate from weaknesses that are not recognized or

probably recognized but not given appropriate attention or remedy.
8. Instead of simply focusing on your ____________________, recognize your own
talents and abilities, build on them, utilize them to your greatest advantage.
 Apply
Self and Talent Virtual Audition

Direction: Suppose you will be joining an audition showcasing your personality and
talent. Create a 2- minute video by mentioning your name first and then sharing your
unique characteristics, likes and dislikes, habits and experiences and then showcase your
best talent. Your output in this activity will be scored based on the following criteria:

Originality 5 points
Creativity/resourcefulness 5 points
Content and technicality 5 points

Post Test

On a separate sheet of paper, write an essay that explains knowing oneself can make a
person accept his or her strengths and limitations and helps one to deal with others better.
Cite some examples. Use the rubric as your guide.
Description Score Score Obtained
The importance of knowing oneself in 6
accepting one’s strengths and
limitations was explained well.
Some examples were provided to 6
facilitate better understanding of the
essay
The essay was clear and organized 3
TOTAL 15