Personal Development

Quarter 1 Module 1:
Self-Development

SUBJECT: Personal Development

DATE & TIME: THURSDAY (9:00-11:00) W-1 2ND SEM
PRE ACTIVITY
 Do the health protocol, wash and dry your
hands first , use alcohol if possible, before
doing all the activities
LESSON/ACTIVITY PROPER
DISCUSSION
 Read and understand Module 1 lesson
1 “Knowing and understanding
oneself” (p. 2- 4)
 Read and understand Module 1 lesson 2
“Developing the whole person”( p 5-9)
 Read and understand Module 1 lesson 3
“Developmental Stages in Middle and
Late Adolescence (Page 10-16)
GENERALIZATION/ ASSESSMENT
 Read and answer “What I Can do” (p. 17-
18)
EXTEND
Read and answer “Additional Activity” (p.
18-19)

Department of Education • Republic of the Philippines

Instructions:

This is a 5-point multiple choice test. Read and analyze each statement below and
carefully choose the letter that best describe the statement. Write the letter of the
correct answer on the space provide before the number.

1) When someone reflects on his/her strengths and weaknesses and learns

more about himself or herself, it is said that the person undergoes a process called?
a. Self-reflection c) Self-motivation
b. Self-discovery d) Self-gratification

2) What do we call that process where a person understands himself/herself

better through learning new skills or overcoming bad habits?
a) Self-development c) Self-education
b) Self-discovery d) Self-reflection

3) John understands fully the benefits of building good relationships with his
social environment and the effects of man’s transgressions to his fellow beings. It is
said that John;
a) develops effective human relations skills
b) develops social awareness
c) develops holistically
d) develops social responsibilities

4) Krystala, a Grade 11 TVL-Home Economics student, develops favorable

relationships with her peers and family members. In the context of development, she
is said to have manifests;
a) behavioral Development c) social Development
b) physical Development d) psychological Development

5) Justine finds it difficult to concentrate and stay focused in his studies, loses
the thread of thoughts or conversations, confused because of the lockdown and
cannot move freely and visit his girlfriend in the neighboring city. Justine is said to
manifests;
a) love sickness c) psychological trouble
b) emotional problem d) stress

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 Lesson Knowing and Understanding Oneself
Week 1:6 hours
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Learning Objectives:

At the end of the week, it is expected that the learners must be able to:

1) explain why knowing oneself can make a person accept his/her strengths and
limitations and ultimately improve his/her perception and behavior towards others;
and
2) Share his/her unique characteristics, habits, and experiences.

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 Do you really know who you
are? Do you discover who
you are as a person? Do you
know your deepest fears,
doubts, and vulnerabilities?

1) Who am I as a person?

2) What makes me different from my friends and classmates?

3) How do I react when someone backbites me or talks something bad about me?

4) If a classmate tells me that I am good at nothing, how will I react? What will I tell
him or her?
5) What are my weaknesses or vulnerabilities?
6) Do I fear of losing something or someone in my life? Why?

7) Do you know who your friends are? What do you have in common?

Read and analyze the quote below.

“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you
realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” And “The cost of
not following your heart, is spending the rest of your life wishing you
had.”

By: J. Paulsen

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 Learners are given 5 minutes to analyze the quote. For face-to-face instruction,
the teacher may group them into 3 to 5 members to brainstorm and present
analysis in a creative way.

1) Discuss what you understand about the quote and present your insights to your
classmates during the face-to-face or online activities with your teacher.

“Knowing oneself is the beginning of wisdom”. This renowned quote is often

attributed to Socrates. But what exactly do you benefit when you know and
understand who you are?

When a person has a self-knowledge, he understands his strengths and

weaknesses, his passions and fears, his life’s desires and dreams. This means he is
aware of his eccentricities (peculiarities) and idiosyncrasies (habits), likes and
dislikes, tolerance and limitations. The person knows his purpose in life (Doherty,
2017).

Meg Selig (2016) suggests that when a person knew who he is, he develops
understanding of himself, he would be happier because he can express who he is.
He develops less inner conflict, make better decision and better choices about
everything and understands what motivates him.

Subsequently, she emphasized that when a person knows himself better, he has the
resistance to social pressure, he is grounded in his values and preferences and is
less likely to say “yes” when he wants to say “no” and at the same time develops
tolerance and understanding of others. He can easily help and empathize with
others.

Write a reflection of yourself

Who Am I?

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 Lesson Developing the Whole Person
Week 2:7 hours
2

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the week, it is expected that the learners must be able to;

1) discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual,

and social development to understand his/her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors;
2) evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; and,
3) show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life
situations.

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 Good morning
teacher. Can I
ask you
something?

Yes. What
is it all
about,
John?
How can we
develop into
a whole
person,
teacher?

It’s a good question

John. Well, we are
going to discuss it in
this module.

Let’s try to answer the following questions succinctly.

1) How do you feel today?

2) What did you do for your physical and social activities for the past days?

3) Did you participate in any religious activities recently?

4) How are these physical, social, spiritual and psychological activities affect or
influence you as a person?

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Draw a tree inside the given box. Leave a space for each parts of the tree such as
roots, branches, leaves, fruits, and flowers. Each represents the most significant
part in your life as defined below.

Roots: parents, grandparents, and caretaker: Who looked after you while growing
up.
Branches: members of the family; write their names in every branch.
Flowers: things in life that makes you feel good about yourself.
Leaves: significant events in your life. Write the specific occasions inside each leaf.
Fruits: your achievements no matter how big or small; write it inside the fruit.
My Special Tree

Reflect on your drawing by answering the following questions. Discuss your

insights with your classmates and teachers during the face-to-face or online
conference.

1) How do you describe the activity? How does your tree relate to you and your
life?
2) Where do you think you are in your drawing? Which part of the tree do you
belong?
3) Do you feel any strange emotions when you draw and write the name/s for the
roots? Why?
4) How does it feel when you draw the leaves and write the significant events in
your life?
5) Did you miss anything in your drawing? Why did you leave them out? What
did you feel when you decide to do so?
6) Do you have someone in your life you want to forget? How does it feel when you
are reminded of this person?

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 Hazel Angeles (2016) claimed that man’s emotions shape his personality.
He needs to establish emotional stability to develop his whole person. She
also emphasized that man needs to develop his physical health through
eating the right food and regular exercise. At the same time, he needs to
enhance his spiritual relationship and connection with the world around him
through prayers and meditations. Prayers are said to promote compassion,
positive relationship and sense of purpose, honesty, optimism and inner
peace.
Subsequently, man has to cultivate his social relationship, interaction with
others as social being and psychologically portray certain image of himself
to others. Finally, he needs to manage his professional life and happiness
because these two are closely linked. Man should know how to manage time
and stress.

Source: https://www.prez.com/hmoiaa7gd5r/developing-the-whole-person

Let’s Check How Much You Understand

1) What are the six (6) core elements of developing a whole person? Explain
concisely its relationships.

2) In your own opinion, how do prayers and meditations influence a man’s personal
development?

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 Everything about you is a reflection of some meaningful pieces of God’s beautiful
and perfect creation. Since conception, you are considered a perfect piece of art
designed by the hands of God. Your person and everything around you are
symbolic manifestations of God’s presence.
The memories and emotional state that evolved while you are doing your life’s
assignments help you see and understand yourself or your life from different
angles and this help enhance your self -awareness. When you fully understand
yourself and your person, you can live more effectively and have more successful
life.

Answer the questions below succinctly.

1) What is your understanding or insights about the selection?

2) How do you describe yourself as God’s perfect and beautiful creation?

3) How helpful are you life’s problems and frustrations in becoming a better person?

4) How will you make your life more meaningful?

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 Lesson Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence
Week 3:7 hours
3

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the week, it is expected that the learners must be able to:

1) discuss developmental tasks and challenges during adolescence;

2) evaluate one’s development through the help of significant people around
him/her (peers, parents, siblings, friends, teachers, community leaders); and
3) identify ways that help one become capable and responsible adolescent
prepared for adult life.

1) Paste your picture on the following stages in your life:

Early Adolescence Middle Adolescence Late Adolescence

(Ages 10-13) (Ages 14-16) (Ages 17-19)

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2) Make a collage out of the pictures and describe briefly how the following changes
occurred:

Physical (body)

Psychological (feelings & emotions)

Social (interactions with significant others)

Behavioral (awareness & reasoning)

Spiritual (core values and beliefs)

3) Share output with your classmates and teachers during the chat and video
conferencing session.

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 Write the most important events or experiences in your middle and late
adolescence stages in your life.

MIDDLE ADOLESCENCE

LATE ADOLESCENCE

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 Are you ready to learn the
different changes experienced
by an adolescent?

These changes are physical,

cognitive, emotional, social
and behavioral. You can
learn more by turning your
module to the next page

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Elements Boys Girls

Growth/ Rapid growth of bones and Rapid growth of bones and

development muscles muscles

ages 11 to 14 Ages 9 to 12

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Changes Oilier skin and some acne
observed
Increase sweating especially
underarms
Growth of pubic and underarm,
facial and chest hair
Masturbation and fantasies
about sexual intimacy
Enlargement of testicles,
erections, first ejaculation, wet
dreams, deepening of voice
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Elements Boys
Growth/ Dramatic shift in thinking from
development concrete to abstract
Appreciate hypothetical situation.
Ability to think about future, evaluate
alternatives, and set personal goals
Changes Become more independent
observed
Take on increased responsibilities
such as babysitting, summer jobs,
or household chores
Shift their focus from play-centered
activities to academics.
Begin to consider future careers and
occupations.
Begin to develop social conscience;
manifest concern about social
issues
Develop sense of values and ethical
behavior, recognizing the
importance of traits such as
honesty, helpfulness, caring for
others
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Oilier skin and some acne
Increase sweating special
underarms
Growth of pubic and
underarm hair
Masturbation and fantasies
about sexual intimacy
Breast budding, increased
vaginal lubrication and the
beginning of menstruation
Girls
Dramatic shift in thinking from
concrete to abstract
Appreciate hypothetical
situation.
Ability to think about future,
evaluate alternatives, and set
personal goals
Become more independent
Take on increased
responsibilities such as
babysitting, summer jobs, or
household chores
Shift their focus from
playcentered activities to
academics.
Begin to consider future
careers and occupations. Begin
to develop social conscience;
manifest concern
about social issues
Develop sense of values and
ethical behavior, recognizing the
importance of traits such as
honesty, helpfulness, caring for
others
 EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Elements Boys
Growth/ Establish identity, new cognitive
development skills, ability to reflect on who they
are and what makes them unique
Changes different ways of appearing,
observed sounding and behaving
increased social relationship
recognize and manage emotions
develop empathy, learn to resolve
conflict constructively
develop cooperative spirit
Girls
Establish identity, new
cognitive skills, ability to
reflect on who they are and
what makes them unique
different ways of appearing,
sounding and behaving
increased social relationship
recognize and manage
emotions
develop empathy, learn to
resolve conflict constructively

develop cooperative spirit

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Social Early Adolescents Middle Adolescents Late Adolescents
Group (ages 9-13) (ages 14-16) (ages 17-19)
Peers Center of social world Peer groups series of intimate
shifts from family to gradually give way to relationships
friends one-on-one begin to develop
friendships and
Peer group tends to be romances
same-sex
Peer group tends to
Strong desire to conform be gender-mixed
to and be accepted by a
peer group Dating begins
Less conformity and
less tolerance of
individual differences
Family Increasing conflict family influence is
between adolescents in balance with
and their parents peer influence

Family closeness is
most important
protective factor against
high-risk behavior

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 BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT

Element Observed Changes

Shaped their identities

Growth/Development
Tried out their new decision-making skills
Developed realistic assessments of them
Gained peer acceptance and respect (Ponton,
1997; Jessor, 1991)

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Give your insights on the following:

1) Why do you think it is important to know oneself more than anything else in this
world?
2) What memories and feelings did come up while you were doing the activities in
Lesson 2 (Developing the Whole Person)? Who are the individuals who have
helped shape who you are today?
3) What are the different developmental stages of adolescence? Explain each briefly.

1) Fill-in the boxes below with your strengths, weaknesses, and likes as well as
dislikes. This is to measure the extent of your understanding of who you really are.

My Strengths My Weaknesses My Likes & Dislikes

2) In a drawing below, label the three (3) major parts of the human body; the
mind, the heart, and the body by writing the persons/individuals responsible for its
development.

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 3) Find a group you are comfortable working with. Interview at least three (3)
teenagers and ask them to describe the changes they have observed of their bodies,
their beliefs and how they think, how they socialize with peers and their major
emotions.

Answer the 10-item Simple Recall Test and write your answers on the blank provided
before the number.

1) It refers to the ultimate reason for a continued search of

understanding one’s own true and inner nature.
2) It refers to the set of beliefs about oneself, including attributes, roles,
goals, interests, values and religious or political beliefs.
3) It refers to the development stage of adolescents which takes place
in the context of all their relationships particularly with those with their peers and
families. 4) It refers to the development stage of adolescents where
they intensify involvement with peer groups and gives way to more intimate
relationships and romances.
5) It refers to the dramatic shift in thinking of an adolescent from
concrete to abstract which gives them a whole new set of mental tools.
6) It refers to the biological states associated with nervous system
brought on by neurophysiological changes variously associated with thoughts,
feelings, behavioral responses and a degree of pleasure or displeasure.

7) It refers to the “holistic development of a person’s actions and

behaviors as compared to just acquisition of specific content knowledge.
8) It refers to a process which involves experimenting with different
ways of appearing, sounding and behaving.
9) It refers to the development of the adolescence in which they
experience a growth spurt, rapid growth in bones and muscles as well as sexual
maturation.
10) It refers to the development of the adolescence where they are
faced with the task of establishing a sense of identity, give them the ability to reflect
on who they are and what makes them unique.

To develop more understanding about yourself and how the environment influence
your development, do the following reflections:

1) Examine how you interact with others. Ask yourself “How did I interact with other
people?

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2) Observe how your environment affects you. Ask yourself “How did my
environment or the people affect the way I understand myself?
3) How the people around you make or unmake you as a person?
4) What were the greatest emotional conflicts you have experienced in your
adolescent years?

Answer Key

Pre-assessment Test
1) Self-discovery
2) Self-development
3) Develops holistically
4) Social Development
5) Stress

What I have learned?

1) Why do you think it is important to know oneself more than anything else in this
world?
Answer:
Our everyday life demands setting goals, establishing relationships and fighting for what you
need and want. Therefore, how can you set goals, go about life, and have relationships if you do not
know who you are and what you want.

2) What memories and feelings did come up while you were doing the activities in
Lesson 2 (Developing the Whole Person)? Who are the individuals who have
helped shape who you are today?
Answer:
Memories and feelings that come up could be happy or sad. My parents, relatives,
brothers and sisters, grandparents, teachers, peers and classmates and significant
others are individuals who have helped shape who I am today.

3) What are the different developmental stages of adolescence? Explain briefly each.
Answer:
Early adolescence, middle adolescence, and late adolescence. In early adolescence stage, a child
experiences significant physical and sexual maturation, shows concrete thinking, grows in
independence; increases influence of peers and
experiments on new ways. In middle adolescence, continued physical and sexual changes, abstract
thinking, development of sense of identity and an increase on sexual interest are observed. In late
adolescence, the physical and sexual changes are complete, capacity for abstract thought are formed,
sense of identity is established and has developed serious intimate relationship.

Post-assessment Test (Simple Recall)

1) Self-discovery
2) Self-concept
3) Social Development
4) Middle Adolescence
5) Cognitive Development
6) Emotions
7) Whole Person Development
8) Sense of Identity
9) Physical Development
10) Emotional Development

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