Career Life Education 8 - ​Johari Window Lesson Plan

The Johari Window is a great concept for students to understand their relationship with themselves and with
others, and fulfills the following curricular competencies:

● Use self-assessment and reflection to develop awareness of their strengths, preferences, and skills
● Recognize the impact of personal public identity in the world of work

The following are the four quadrants of a Johari Window (​ as taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window)

Open, or Arena:

● Adjectives that both the student and friends/family go in this cell (or q
​ uadrant​) of the grid. These are
traits that both the student and their friends/family perceive

Hidden, or Façade:

● Adjectives selected by the student, but not by any of their friends/family, go in this quadrant. These
are things the friends/family are either unaware of (such as self conscious), or that are perhaps
untrue however the student feels it is true.

Blind Spot:

● Adjectives not selected by student, but only by their friends/family go here. These represent what
others perceive but the student does not.

Unknown:

● Adjectives that neither student nor their friends or family go here. They represent the student’s
behaviors or motives that no one participating recognizes—either because they do not apply or
because they are ignorant of these traits. It is the unconscious part that neither themselves nor their
friends and family see. I usually instruct students to start this with “I wonder…”, or use the adjectives
that they are unsure of, as they haven’t experienced circumstances to demonstrate those personality
traits.

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Format

I normally teach the Johari Window through the movie “Beauty and the Beast”. If time does not allow for
watching the movie as a class, I would have the students work in groups (try to group students who have
seen the movie with students who have not) to complete a Johari Window for Beast. (Assignment attached)

Students will be developing their own Johari Window as part of their Culminating Project for this unit.

ADJECTIVES THAT CAN BE USED AS DESCRIPTORS IN A JOHARI WINDOW:

able energetic loving searching

accepting extroverted mature self-assertive

adaptable friendly modest self-conscious

bold giving nervous sensible

brave happy observant sentimental

calm helpful organized shy

caring idealistic patient silly

cheerful independent powerful spontaneous

clever ingenious proud sympathetic

complex intelligent quiet tense

confident introverted reflective trustworthy

dependable kind relaxed warm

dignified knowledgeable religious wise

empathetic logical responsive witty

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Beauty and the Beast
Name(s): ____________________ Date: _​ _________________
____________________ Block: _​ _________________

Use the adjectives below to develop a Johari Window that identifies the parts of Beast (before he
was turned back into a prince) that are:

● Known to Beast, as well as Belle, Maurice (Belle’s father), and the servants
● Known (or perceived) by Belle, but not to Beast
● Known to Beast, but are kept hidden from Belle, Maurice, and the servants
● Unknown to both Beast and to Belle at this point in time

ADJECTIVES THAT CAN BE USED AS DESCRIPTORS IN A JOHARI WINDOW:

able energetic loving searching

accepting extroverted mature self-assertive

adaptable friendly modest self-conscious

bold giving nervous sensible

brave happy observant sentimental

calm helpful organized shy

caring idealistic patient silly

cheerful independent powerful spontaneous

clever ingenious proud sympathetic

complex intelligent quiet tense

confident introverted reflective trustworthy

dependable kind relaxed warm

dignified knowledgeable religious wise

empathetic logical responsive witty

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 The Johari Window​ for Beast

Known to Beast Not Known to Beast

Known to
Others

Not Known
to Others

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