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Understanding The Self:: (A CHED GE Subject)

This document outlines an undergraduate course on understanding the self. The course aims to facilitate exploration of issues regarding identity through an interdisciplinary lens. It will examine perspectives from various social sciences on the construction of self and help students better understand themselves and others. Key topics include unpacking different aspects of the self, managing stress and goal-setting, and caring for one's self through learning. Assessments include exams, class participation, assignments and a final reflective paper. The goal is to make learning more experiential and help students develop critical thinking and insight into managing their own selves.

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Topics covered

  • Political Self,
  • Pulse of the Public,
  • Course Structure,
  • Spiritual Self,
  • Critical Thinking,
  • Short Videos,
  • Theoretical Underpinnings,
  • Western Perspectives,
  • Psychological Theories,
  • Self-Assessment
489 views22 pages

Understanding The Self:: (A CHED GE Subject)

This document outlines an undergraduate course on understanding the self. The course aims to facilitate exploration of issues regarding identity through an interdisciplinary lens. It will examine perspectives from various social sciences on the construction of self and help students better understand themselves and others. Key topics include unpacking different aspects of the self, managing stress and goal-setting, and caring for one's self through learning. Assessments include exams, class participation, assignments and a final reflective paper. The goal is to make learning more experiential and help students develop critical thinking and insight into managing their own selves.

Uploaded by

Norania D. Disimban
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Topics covered

  • Political Self,
  • Pulse of the Public,
  • Course Structure,
  • Spiritual Self,
  • Critical Thinking,
  • Short Videos,
  • Theoretical Underpinnings,
  • Western Perspectives,
  • Psychological Theories,
  • Self-Assessment
  • Introduction to Self-Exploration
  • Course Objectives and Approach
  • Course Design Overview
  • Understanding the Self Construct
  • Unpacking the Self
  • Managing and Caring for the Self
  • Course Activities and Methods
  • Journaling as a Learning Tool
  • Assessment and Evaluation

UNDERSTANDING

THE SELF:
(A CHED GE Subject)
Words to Ponder
“This above all, to thine own self be
true”
(Shakespeare)

“One of the greatest tragedies in life


is to lose your own sense of self and
accept the version of you that is
expected by everyone else. “
(Toth)

“You might say that we use


ourselves to discover ourselves”
(Lasater)
Asking the Question

The most important question ever:

Who am I?
The answer to this will determine our
behaviors, our decisions, our path in
life.
WHAT THIS COURSE
IS ABOUT
• It intends to facilitate the exploration
of issues and concerns regarding Self
and Identity.

• It hopes to help in the better


understanding of one’s self and that of
others

• It will stress the integration of the


personal with the academic
HOW WILL IT DO
THIS?
• It will contextualize the different
topics discussed in class in the
everyday experiences of students

• It will seek to integrate theory with


practice
WHAT WILL THIS
ACCOMPLISH?
• It will make for better learning;
• It will generate a new appreciation of
the learning process;
• It will help develop a more critical
and reflective stance;
• It will help enable the students to
manage and improve their selves to
attain a better quality of life.
THE DESIGN OF
THE COURSE

A. Understanding the Self


Construct
B. Unpacking the Self
C. Managing and Caring for
the Self
A. Understanding
the Self Construct
• This looks into the construction of
Self by various social sciences:
Philosophy, Sociology,
Anthropology, Political Science and
Psychology; also Western and
Eastern perspectives
• These seek to answer the question – What is the
Self? Is there even such a construct as the Self?
B. Unpacking the Self
The Physical Self / Sexual self/
The Biological Self
The Relational Self
The Material/Economic Self
The Political Self
The Spiritual Self
The Digital Self
The Environmental Self
C. Managing and
Caring for the Self

Three areas of concern for


students:
1. Learning
2. Goal Setting
3. Managing Stress
Managing Stress
•This enables the understanding
of the theoretical underpinnings
of stress, self care and
compassion

•It provides for and hones new


skills and learnings for better
management of the self
WHAT THE COURSE IS
•Interdisciplinary – course is
designed to present different
perspectives regarding the
topic
•Integrative – seeks to tie up
different perspectives and
views regarding the topic
• Interactive- more interactions between
teacher and students, among students and
between students and others
What Course is about
•Experiential - (not at the
expense of theory). It
provides the students
practice in what is learned in
the classroom by enabling
varied experiences.
• Students are encouraged to reflect on and
learn from their experiences in the
classroom and outside of it.
SPECIFICS OF
COURSE
• It is intended for 3 hours a week
for 18 class weeks or 54 hours a
semester
• The course will include not only actual lectures
but will feature class and group discussions,
group/class activities such as quikkie surveys and
interviews, short videos (YouTube, Ted Talks),
short film clips and illustrative songs
Class Activities
• The activities may be done PRIOR
to lecture to elicit personal
experiences which are used to
illustrate or contextualize the
lectures;
• DURING the lecture to illustrate a
theory/concept discussed or
• AT THE END to wrap up the topic
and tie the theory and
experiences together
The Quickie Survey

• Students are given a chance to


actively participate in data
gathering and then pool together
the data gathered – “pulse of the
public”
• This will enable the students to compare their own
responses against those of others; to compare
research data with local data
Other activities
•Answering psychological
tests(downloaded or hard
copies provided)
•Writing short reflection
papers
•Using videos for illustration
(YouTube. Ted Talks)
• Recommending films/movies/TV shows
Keeping a
Journal/Journaling
•Already a familiar activity to
those keeping diaries or blogs)
•Is regarded as a bonus activity
•May or may not be
submitted/graded
• May be submitted to and commented on by
teacher
• May be regarded as a self assessment tool, “a
personal development exercise”
Benefits of Journaling
• Helps develop critical thinking
(responding to class discussion,
lecture)
• Promotes self reflection and insight
• Enables the reduction of stress
• Helps clarify thoughts and feelings
• Helps solve problems by accessing right brain
• Promotes physical and emotional health
• Enables a better understanding of the self
How is this done?
•Teacher provides prompts for
the entry taking off from the
day’s topic – ex. The biggest
influences on my life have
been.....
•Students may be encouraged to write an entry
after every class or topic
•Entries may be in any form students feel most
appropriate – essay, stream of consciousness,
poem , etc.
RECOMMENDED
ASSESSMENT
•Two long examinations
•Class attendance
•Participation in class activities
(recitations, engagement in
discussions, surveys etc)
either by teacher, by group
• Class demeanor/behavior – attentiveness,
readiness to recite/share
RECOMMENDED
ASSESSMENT
• Submitted assignments,
feedback papers, group work
reports, short reflection papers
• Final integrative (or reflection)
paper – how the different
perspectives, theories, etc help
in developing a Theory of Self

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