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Personal
Development
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Knowing and Understanding
Oneself during Middle and Late
Adolescence
Personal Development – Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Module 1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late
Adolescence
First Edition, 2020

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Personal
Development
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Knowing and Understanding
Oneself during Middle and Late
Adolescence
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Self-Directed Learning Resource for Personal Development

Module1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late Adolescence.

This learning material was collaboratively designed, improved, and scrutinized by

the educators of the Department of Education to assist you to facilitate our learners
achieve the goals set by the K to 12 Curriculum in the limits of their home as they
overcome their physical, personal, social and economic difficulties while making learning
possible.

This learning material aspires to support and sustain the learner’s need of
continuous learning into guided and independent learning activities at their own measure
and time. With their present circumstances, the learners will be able to engage their 21 st
century skills.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this learning
resource. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included here.

For the learner:

Welcome to the Self-Directed Learning Resource for Personal Development

Module1: Knowing and Understanding Oneself during Middle and Late Adolescence.
In this learning material, you will disclose yourself by showing your strengths and
weaknesses with courageous to face the challenges of life.

This material was designed to provide you with useful and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pacing and time. In your
journey of learning, you will actively involve yourself to the learning process.

The following are some reminders in using this self-directed learning resource
material:

1. Use the material with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the
module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer Let Us Try before moving on to the other activities included
in this material.
3. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this material to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks provided here, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not
alone. We will do the learning together.

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 We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and
gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

Let Us Learn!

Great day, Grade 12 learner! Welcome to the Personal Development/ Pansariling

Kaunlaran subject. In this module, you will have better understanding and knowing of
yourself and others. It is vital for us to know ourselves first in order to know others, as
the idiom says, You cannot give what you do not have, or You cannot fill the cup with water
if you’re empty.

May you have a helpful and significant journey in discovering yourself as you
follow through the different activities in this module.

At the end of this learning process, you will be able to:

a) explain that knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and dealing with others better. EsP-PD11/12KO-Ia-1.1- 1.2

Specifically, learners should be able to:

a. recognize their strengths and weaknesses based from the Johari window diagram;

b. discover ways on how to build up strengths and cope up limitations; and

c. share their unique habits, characteristics and experiences.

Let Us Try

Directions: Let us test how far you know yourself by answering the following statements
using the scale below:

5- Strongly agree, 4- Somewhat agree, 3- No opinion, 2- Somewhat disagree,

1- Strongly disagree

___1. I have a strong sex appeal.

___2. I am proud of my physical figure.

___3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.

___4. I exude with charm and poise.

___5. I am easy to get along with.

___6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.

___7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable with me.

___8. I am lovable and easy to love.

___9. I am a fast learner who can understand with one instruction.

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___10. I am intelligent.

___11. I have special talents and abilities.

___12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgments.

___13. I can be trusted in any transaction.

___14. I have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feelings.

___15. I have integrity and good reputation.

___16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth emulating.

___17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.

___18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I say.

___19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.

___20. I am a good listener.

___21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.

___22. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.

___23. I feel and act with confidence.

___24. I am a mature person.

Source: Roldan, Amelia S. (2003). On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality

Development and Character Building. AR Skills Development and Management Services (SDMS),
Paranaque City, Metro Manila

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1) What areas do you consider yourself strong?
2) Are there areas you consider to be your weakness?
3)

Let Us Study

By looking at yourself, you will see your actual and ideal self. The ideal self is
the one you aspire to be. 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
and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept. Self-concept refers to your

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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.

Let Us Practice

Directions: Study the figure below and answer the questions that follow.

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Based on the Johari Window,

1. Which window do you think is true to you?

2. How do you use your varied “self” in discovering yourself?

The benefit of knowing yourself is important in understanding the kind of

person you are and how you are to others. Based from the Johari window of self, the
KNOWN SELF is a clearly manifestation of our self the one we know is shown in us.
The BLIND SELF is things we usually have that we are unconscious of, the
unconscious self tends to act on qualities that we are unaware of.

The HIDDEN self is a hiding self. It is not showing the things we actually have
like our weaknesses and limitations for they may end up discrimination or
unacceptable behavior to others. The UNKNOWN self is a journeying self, it is self-
discovering and unfolding what you need to know more about what you are and what
you are capable of.

Let Us Practice More

Activity 1: My Johari!

Directions: Now, let us begin to test how much you know yourself. Using the Johari
Window, describe yourself by filling each window with your traits, qualities, and
characteristics.
Known to Self Unknown to Self

KNOWN KNOWN SELF? BLIND SELF?

TO
OTHERS

UNKNOWN HIDDEN SELF? UNKWNOWN SELF?

TO
OTHERS

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 1. What have you discovered about yourself?
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

2. What are your strengths?

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

3. What qualities you want to hone and improve? Why?

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

4. How do you overcome your fear of showing or revealing yourself to others?

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

Let Us Remember
As you continue with the succeeding activities in this module, remember the following
important points:

1. Self-concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that

negotiates these two selves.
2. The two broad categories of self- concept are actual self and ideal self.
3. The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from social
interactions that provide insight into how others react to you.
4. The ideal self, is the one you aspire to be. The one that you hope will possess
characteristics similar to that of a mentor or some other worldly figure.
5. The benefit of knowing yourself is important in understanding the kind of
person you are and how you are to others.
6. Focus more on your strengths and abilities.
7. Improve your weaknesses by accepting who you are and have confidence to
grow up from your limitations.
8. Show the world what you have and be proud of yourself.

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 Let Us Assess

Directions: Write YES if the statement is true; NO if it is false. Write your answers on
a separate sheet or paper.
1. Self-concept refers to an individual’s beliefs and self-evaluations.
2. Self- enhancement can result to bad choices in life.
3. People who are highly achievers tend to have better self-concept.
4. Weaknesses are part of the individual self.
5. We need to improve our weaknesses to develop our self-concept.
6. Limitations are hindrances to a successful life.
7. The actual self is how we think but not actually we are.
8. The self who is afraid to face its reality is the ideal self.
9. Self-concept is conceived only when there is an understanding of oneself.
10. The ideal self believes in self-growth and integral development.

Activity 2: Social Identity Wheel

Directions: In your Journal notebook, illustrate your own Social Identity Wheel by
filling in the information needed in the graphic organizer below. Copy the graphic
organizer and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

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 Let Us Enhance

Directions: Read the article “You need to take charge of your future” by Bo Sanchez.
Write a script of your life in your journal notebook. Follow the given guidelines below:
1. The script must be based on your personal experience. You may choose from a
significant event in your life.
2. It must show your perseverance and determination.
3. It must include the setting (scene heading), characters, dialogue, plot, etc…

You need to take charge of your future

By Bo Sanchez

There are three kinds of people in this world:

The first is the moviegoer. This person watches the movie of their lives,
admires some parts, and criticizes others. Aside from that, they do nothing else. All
she says the whole day is, “I like this thing and but I don’t like that thing.”
The Moviegoer feels she has absolutely no control of their lives ---except to comment
about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable people in the world.

The second is the actor. This person does not only watch the movie of her life.
She actually realizes she’s the Actor –and can control a big part of her life. She can
actually make or break the movie –by how well she delivers her lines and how she
portrays her character. Actors are a happy bunch, realizing they’re the start of the
show and enjoy some level of control. But many times, they wish the movie would end
in another way –but realize that they have no say in such things.

The third is the scriptwriter. This person does not only watch, and she doesn’t
only act, but she actually creates the entire movie from her mind. She determines
what she will say, what she will do, and how the movie will end. She realizes she has
enormous control over her life, and sees to it that the movie of her life will turn out
beautiful.

By the way, the producer of the movie is God, He tells you to MAKE THE MOVIE
BEAUTIFUL AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THAT YOU NEED FOR SUCCESS.

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 Let Us Reflect

Directions: Complete the statement below with what you know and feel about
yourself.

I am happy because I have good qualities like (e.g. self-discipline,

______________________, _______________________. I know that I can better
improve myself from being (greatest weakness) ex. hot tempered to a
(improved quality) ex. self-controlling person.

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 Answer Key

Note: Answers to each activities and tests are varied and dependent to the learner’s
personal experiences.

YES 10.
NO 9.
NO 8.
NO 7.
NO 6.
YES 5.
YES 4.
YES 3.
NO 2.
YES 1.
TRUE or FALSE

Let Us Assess

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 References

Source: Sanchez, Bo. (2006). Life Dreams Success Journal: Your Powerful Tool to
Achieve and Surpass Your Dreams One Step at a Time. Shepherd’s Voice
Publishing.

http://www.learning-mind.com/7-basic-personal-effectiveness-skills

http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-self-concept-in-psychology-
definition-lesson-quiz.html;

http://study.com/academy/lesson/ideal-self-vs-real-self-definition-lesson-
quiz.html

Roldan, Amelia S. (2003). On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality

Development and Character Building. AR Skills Development and
Management Services (SDMS), Paranaque City, Metro Manila.

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For inquiries or feedback, please write or call:

Department of Education – Davao City Division

Elpidio Quirino Ave., Poblacion District, Davao City, 8000 Davao del Sur

Telefax: (082) 224-3274, (082) 222-1672

E-mail Address: [email protected]

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