UNDERSTANDING

THE SELF
Week 1 – Day 1
Activities for the day

■ Routines – Presenting activities for the day, checking of attendance, checking of enrolment
form
■ Activity 1 – Getting to Know You
■ Activity 2 – Group Work
■ Class Orientation
■ Break
■ Presentation of class requirements
■ Diagnostic assessment
■ Assignment for next week
GETTING TO KNOW
ACTIVITY
Sharing Oneself

■ Complete Name
■ Nickname
■ School where you came from
■ The 3 Ps
– Share something Personal
– Something you are Passionate about
– Something Peculiar about you
Group Work

■ Form a group with 4 members and discuss the following:

– What do you already know about the course?
– What do you want to know more of?
– What are your expectations?
– What basic macro skills would you like to improve on – speaking, writing,
listening, or reading
■ Present your output
CLASS ORIENTATION
Attendance Policy

■ Attendance is mandatory for all subjects

■ A verifiable medical certificate must support absences due to his/her own illness or illness of
a family member.
■ For other absences, a supporting document shall be presented to the instructor immediately
upon the student’s participation in the class. The supporting document should be authentic,
verifiable and approved by the Dean/Chair.
■ Excused absences have corresponding make-up course work.
■ It is the sole responsibility of the student to keep track of his/her absences.
■ The student may verify his/her record with the faculty and vice-versa. A student who is
absent is held responsible for all assignments and lessons missed.
Absence during Examination

■ Any student who incurs an excused absence at a time of a long test, unit test, prelim, midterm, final, announced, or
unannounced, is given a make-up activity provided that a supporting document is presented (within 10 days)
Classroom Rules

■ Honesty and Plagiarism

■ Submission of Requirements on Time
■ Raising of Concerns
■ Updating your Instructor
■ College is not High School
■ Class Role Assignments
COURSE OVERVIEW
Understanding the Self

■ Deals with the nature of identity, as well as the factors and forces that affect the
development and maintenance of personal identity
■ Intends to facilitate the exploration of the issues and concerns regarding self and
identity to arrive at a better understanding of the self, by integrating the personal with
the academic
■ Generate a new appreciation of the learning process and developing a more critical and
reflective attitude while enabling them to sustain a better quality of life
Understanding the Self

The directive to know Oneself has inspired countries and varied

ways to comply. Among the questions that everyone has had to
grapple with at one time or other is “Who Am I?” At no other
period is this question asked more urgently than in adolescence
- traditionally believed to be a time of vulnerability and great
possibilities. Issues of self and Identity are among the most
critical for the young.
COURSE OUTLINE
GRADING SYSTEM
BREAK