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Homeroom Guidance
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Thinking Aloud My Decisions
Homeroom Guidance Self-learning Module – Grade 12
Quarter 1 Module 3: Thinking Aloud My Decisions
2020 Edition

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Department of Education. Homeroom Guidance Grade 12 Self-learning Module 3: Thinking

Aloud My Decisions. Manila: Department of Education Central Office,
2020.

Published by the Department of Education

Secretary: Leonor Magtolis Briones Undersecretary:
Diosdado M. San Antonio Assistant Secretary:
Alma Ruby C. Torio

Development Team

Writer: Alma Teresa B. Del Mundo

Grade Level Coordinator: Marlon L. Lalaguna
Editors: Mark Anthony Bercando, Jona Kristen Valdez
Illustrators: Daniel C. Tabingan, Jr. Pablo P. Lipas, Jr.
Rhodora B. Carillo Marlon L. Lalaguna
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- Bureau of Curriculum Development: Jocelyn DR. Andaya, Director IV, Ma.
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- Bureau of Learning Resources

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 Homeroom Guidance Grade 12
Quarter 1 – Module 3:
Thinking Aloud My Decisions

Gabay sa Magulang/Tagapag-alaga

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para sa distance learning o alternatibong pamamaraan ng pagkatuto
na hindi nangangailangan ng pisikal na presensya sa paaralan,
bilang tugon sa direktiba na pagkansela ng face-to-face class
dulot ng pandemyang COVID-19.

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Introductory Message

For the learner:

Decision-making is a key concept in your development. You can be reflective

or impulsive in doing it. Thus, you tend to make well-thought out or rush decisions
without considering first its implications. In the process of decision-making, it is
important that your values are intact and that it should not be compromised.
As we enter the new normal, most of you are filling empty periods on a daily
basis using mobile communication, text messaging and chat sites in expanded
personal and virtual networks. The pandemic you are in may affect your character to
cope with the situations. In these trying times you have to follow the given protocols
and ethical standards that make us dignified humans capable of adapting to change
and morally upright in thinking and doing. This module will help you realize that as a
human being, you may be capable to commit right and wrong actions or decisions. It
will introduce to you some learning tasks that will help you depict some tendencies in
making right and wrong decisions or becoming indecisive, and on how you can
resolve these by carefully considering some factors that may affect your decision.

This self-learning module has six interactive tasks, which are as follows:

Let’s Try This – which will help you to get ready to learn;

Let’s Explore This – which will guide you towards what you need to learn;

Keep in Mind – which will give you the lessons that you need to learn and
understand;

You Can Do It – which will help you apply the lessons learned in
daily activities

What I Have learned – which will test and evaluate your learning

Share Your Thoughts and Feelings – which will help you express your
thoughts, opinions and feelings.

Make sure to read, think, follow, and enjoy every task that you are asked to do.
Have fun! Stay safe and healthy!

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 MODULE
THINKING ALOUD MY DECISIONS
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Learning Objectives

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the factors that affect the right and wrong actions or decisions;
2. recognize the tendencies of every individual to make right and wrong
decisions or actions; and
3. analyze situations that depict tendencies of making right and wrong decisions
or actions.

Period: Weeks 3 and 4 of 1st Quarter

Suggested Total Time Allotment: 120 Minutes
Materials Needed:

• clean sheet of paper

• pen

Introduction
In the previous module, you learned how to accept others’ individuality. You
even formulated your personal policies or guidelines to uphold acceptance and
respect of people’s differences at all times.
In this module, you are up to another insightful learning episode. You will delve
into the decision-making process. Remember that you are free to choose a course of
action from among various alternatives. However, your choice has consequences;
and you are responsible for your own actions. You will encounter some factors that
may affect your sound decision-making like past experiences; biases; current
situation or setup, and individual differences.

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 Let’s Try This
Suggested Time Allotment: 20 minutes

Read the story of Anton, a Senior High School graduate, then answer the processing
questions on a separate sheet of paper.

Anton’s Indecisiveness

Anton who took up the General

Academic Strand in Senior High School has a
hard time deciding what course to enroll in
college. He graduated with honors and has
received special citations. He is great in Science
and Math but he is also into arts and graphic
designing. He was told by his parents to decide for
his course since colleges are already closing
admission and the school opening is
approaching fast.
He is spending night analyzing his
options. Sometimes he barely sleeps, over-
analyzing all considerations. There are also
pressures from his friends for him to join them in
the university where
there are wide variety of Science course he can choose from. He also considers the
suggestions of his teachers who see his potential in graphic designing and
multimedia arts.
Anton really wants to enroll in the most prestigious school to study the course
that perfectly fits him. After thorough self-deliberation, he comes down to two schools
and four courses. But this does not end his considerations; he still has more factors
to visit.
His family and friends are starting to worry if he could ever make a final
decision. It has finally come one day when everything was in place. Anton
finally decides
to enroll! He hurries to the school of his choice, but he’s an hour late! The enrolment
has just closed for his first choice. To add in more to his regrets, his second chosen
program has also reached the maximum number of students and it was closed days
ago.
Sad and full of regrets, Anton goes home thinking of the lost time overthinking
his options. And that is because he can just not make up his mind.

Processing Questions: Write your answers on a sheet of paper.

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1. Did you experience spending more time to make a decision that greatly
affects you or your future just like Anton? Share your experience. Yes, I
experience it when I turned 12th grade that I had to choose course
for upcoming 1st year college.
2. If you are in his situation, what would be your next move? If I'm in his shoes, the first
thing I would do is do what is right. I'll keep doing it if I can prove that his actions are
correct.
3. What should you do so you won’t face the same problem as that of Anton? I'm going to
rely and make a definite choice right now to prevent Anton's difficulty.

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 Let’s Explore This
Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes
Agree or Disagree?
On a separate sheet of paper, write AGREE or DISAGREE on the given situations.
Read each statement carefully to make sure that it best matches your opinion.
1. I cannot tell my best friend’s parents about his smoking and drinking tendencies
because I will betray his trust. DISAGREE
2. I should consider the advice of my parents when it comes to choosing
my course in college. AGREE
3. It is OK to take credit for other people’s work as long as it serves a good
purpose. AGREE
4. Choosing a career that will employ easily is more practical than pursuing
a passion that will take years before getting a good earning. DISAGREE
5. The curriculum exit that you should choose after senior high school should
best match the track and strand you are taking. AGREE

Keep in Mind
Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes

We make countless choices every day, from the very moment we opened our
eyes in the morning up to the time we fall back to our beds, and our choices are
neither right nor wrong.
According to Steven J. Heine, author of the book Cultural Psychology, choice
is something that is surely valued everywhere; however, the extent to which people
value choices and exercise it is influenced by the context we are in. More choices
are available to individuals acting alone than to those who are part of interdependent
group of people; however, the limits on their choices are likely not experienced as
aversive when individuals share the same goals as their group.
For example, you choose not to attend classes because your peers invited you
to join them outside the school during class hour although you are aware of
your responsibility in the school. This phenomenon is be explained by Rollo
May, an

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American Psychologist, who articulated that human beings are inseparable from their
environment, a simultaneous relationship exists, and involving three models such as
the following: (1) the physical and physiological; (2) the social environment of the
people; and (3) human being’s relationship to their inner nature.
Ludwig Binswanger, an existential psychologist, explained that humans have
complete freedom of choice or free will and are completely responsible for their own
existence. There was always the possibility of becoming something new or better
because existence changes.
How can you correct mistakes from the past? Change your mind set.
Change is always a choice. You need to realize that you can control your own
behavior and need to make better choices. Things don’t just happen. You can take
much more effective control of your life through planning.
What are the strategies to promote change and foresee the possible wrong
decisions and future actions? According to American psychologist Gerald Corey, first
thing is to explore what your wants, needs and perceptions are. Try to recognize,
define, and refine how you wish to meet your needs. Second, focus on what you are
doing at present and think of your future direction. Take action by changing what you
are doing and thinking. Third, make a self-evaluation. It is your responsibility
to evaluate your own behavior. Lastly, formulate your action plan. Creating and
carrying out your plans enable you to gain more effective control over your life. If
your plan does not work, devise a different plan. Your commitment is essential to
carry out your plans.

Factors that affect our decisions

We act or decide based on different considerations and factors. Most
especially if the situations demand a very important decision, we need to carefully
assess our choices and calculate the risk that we might face.

1. Environment. The people around us including the current setup affect the
way we see things. They can influence our beliefs and perception on the
consequences of our actions. There are times that we intend to compare
how they face a certain problem with the way we face it ourselves; this is
something that we need to get away from as we are all different including
the situations we are in.

2. Experiences. Our past encounter with people and the results of our
decisions before mold how we act and decide today. For instance, if you
have proven that a certain person should not be trusted with your secrets,
then you won’t entrust him/her the confidential matters that you have. The
same thing if you have a tested action to be effective like your study habits
which led you to get high grades, then, there is a great possibility to
replicate such practice. Our experiences whether good or bad shape the
way we behave nowadays.

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3. Personal characteristics. We should also take into account the function of
our culture, attitude, personality, beliefs, abilities, gender, health condition
and others in terms of our way of making a decision. You have to
recognize that there are enabling and limiting aspects of your personal
characteristics. For instance, in your culture, there may be a stigma on the
role of man or woman. It is now up to you whether you want to live up to
that expectation or not. You may want to look into what science tells
about healthy and unhealthy practices.

4. Facts or data. It is a good practice to decide based on the merit of actual

facts or data. It will definitely inform you on the exact scenario you
are dealing with and you can calculate how your decisions would impact
the situation. For example, you need to decide your curriculum exit. You
may check the number of schools where you can pursue whatever course
you have plan to have. At the same time, you may look into the data on
SHS graduates who were employed after basic education and those
that ventured into business.

5. Motivation. Our drive to achieve certain things influences our

decisions.
Sometimes we need to let go of small things in order to attain greater
things. For example, you slipped away your opportunity to be with your
friends on a Saturday because it’s your schedule for college
application interview. Your goal to be a college graduate is bigger than
your desire to enjoy the company of your friends, so you opted to be at the
interview.

Your decisions will define the kind of choices you are taking. At the end of the
day, you will be the one to face whatever consequences these decisions bring.
Hence, your decision-making process is very important. If you are in doubt or
confused about your choices, you may want to go to someone who is
well trained to guide and facilitate your decision-making process like a
Registered Guidance Counselor (RGC). If an RGC is not available in your
school, you may consider getting the insights of your trusted teacher, parents
or adults.

You Can Do It
Suggested Time Allotment: 25 minutes

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Copy the following template on a short bond paper and list your alternative course of
action on the following situations.

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 Situation
1. A group of learners invited you
to join a virtual organization and
encouraged you to meet new
friends. To become a member,
you need to follow certain rules.
2. Your parents told you that they
may not be able to support your
schooling this year because of
financial matters. They asked if
you can stop attending school.
3. Your cousin asks you to tell
a lie to her parents that they
will have a school event to
sneak going with her boyfriend
for a date.
4. Your family is experiencing
financial crisis and lost a
sustainable livelihood; and
there’s an invitation from a
friend to try online selling.
5. It’s your birthday and your
friends would like you to throw
a party despite the strict
quarantine protocol in your
community.
What is your decision?
I will join the organization.
In order to enhance my
skills and develop my self-
esteem.
I`ll look for a part time job
to help me and my parents
financially, therefore I can
continue my study.
I won`t lie to her parents
were exactly she is,
because I`m the one who is
in-charge in case her
cousin is on danger.
I will take the invitation and It leds to source of income.
help my family.
I won`t throw a party, it is
okay to be safe.
What are the factors that led
you to this decision?
It affects me to have a good
behavoir towards other
people.
It leds me to be an
independent that I don`t have
to depend my decision/s to
my parents.
It leds to not trust you
anymore.
Our health and safety is
much important than
celebrating a party thinking
that we're violating the safety
protocols of our community

What I have Learned

Suggested Time Allotment: 15 minutes
Dear Anton
Go back to the story of Anton in Let’s Try This. If you have the power to travel
back in time and help him out in choosing for the best school and course to take in
college, what advise will you give him? Write your answer in a letter format on a
piece of paper.

Dear Anton,

I heard you're having problems picking which college courses to take. I

recommend that you first establish your priorities and consider how these items may
assist you. The second thing you should do is create a daily routine. Scheduling your
daily activities will not only help you become more organized, but it will also assist
your body relax from the tension of thinking.
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References

Corey, Gerald. Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy, Seventh

Edition. California: Brooks/Cole, 2005
Feist, Jess and Feist, Gregory J. Theories of Personality. Fifth Edition. New York:
McGraw-Hill Higher Education. 2003
Heine, Steven J. Cultural Psychology. Second Edition. New York: W.W. Norton
and Company. Inc. 2012
Lundin, Robert. Theories and Systems of Psychology. DC. Health and Company.
1996
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