SELF-AWARENESS AND

VALUES DEVELOPMENT

ROSSEL MARIE S. MALAHAY

MARIVEL A. OLAYVVAR
WHAT IS
SELF-
CONCEP
T
 As cited by Chauhan (2002) it
is composed of your feelings and
thoughts about your strength and
weaknesses, your abilities and
limitations.
 Other’s Images

SELF-
CONCEPT
Social Your interpretations
Comparison and evaluations
 The Concept
of Self-Awareness

-Deepening on self-concept
development increases your self-
awareness. The more you understand
why you view yourself as you do, the
better you will understand who you
are.
 THE OPEN SELF (KNOWN TO SELF) THE BLIND SELF
behaviors, attitude, feelings, desires, (NOT KNOWN TO SELF)
motivations, ideas etc. others know but you do not

FOUR SELVES
(JOHARI WINDOW)

THE UNKNOWN SELF THE HIDDEN SELF

(NOT KNOWN TO SELF) (KNOWN TO SELF)
part of yourself about which neither you you know yourself but keep hidden
nor others know from others
Over disclosers
tell all, keep nothing
hidden about themselves or
others.

Under disclosers
tell nothing. They will
talk about you but not about
themselves.
What is SELF-AWARENESS?
 Self-Awareness opens doors to spiritual and
personal growth. We have all the answers to the
questions about our lives and what we have to do is
to learn how we can have an access to our wisdom.

It begins with self-awareness by paying

attention to our many senses, thoughts, feelings and
intuition. We should go deep into our emotions to
tap their sources. We should see our thinking and
how it creates our reality. Then we can discover our
deepest essence.
 Who Am I?

Who am I? Who am I?
My clothes? My look? My mode?
Am I just a thing?
No!
Who am I really? What is the truth?
I’m alive, enthusiastic, free and unique.
Am I my parents? Brothers? Friends? Above all, like God, I live.
Am I they? All this I am- my innermost being.
I think I am different from them. Who am I? Who am I?
Just who am I? A m I my name?

My face? My bones? My breath?

My feelings? My thoughts? And memory?
Each of them is part of me.
But not me.
What are the key areas
of self-awareness?
 PERSONALITY
an understanding of our
personality can help us find
situations in which we will
experience too much stress.
 VALUES
are qualities that we
cherish as reference for our
actions and behaviors in
particular situations.
 HABITS
a behavior that we
repeat routinely and
often do automatically.
 NEEDS
Needs cause motivation, and
when needs aren’t satisfied, they can
cause frustration, conflict and stress.
 EMOTIONS
Understanding your own
feelings, what cause them, and
how they make an impact on our
thoughts and actions are
indications of emotional self-
awareness.
HOW DOES SELF-AWARENESS MAKE
AN INDIVIDUAL MORE EFFECTIVE?
 Self-awareness helps individuals identify gaps that
promote skills development. Identifying these gaps, the
following can be improved and enhanced:

1. skills development;
2. knowing one’s strength and weakness;
3. developing intuitive decision-making skills;
4. stress management-our coping with stress effectively;
5. self-motivation; and
6. leadership
We can become more self-aware by using or applying
the following means:

1. seeking feedback from the people who know us;

2. completing self-assessment survey like
questionnaires; and
3. hiring an expert like professional counselor or
executive coach.
What are Human Values?
 Human values give worthiness and respect
to life. The five human values are righteousness,
peace, love, truth and non-violence. These
elevate the individuals as well as the society of
which one is a part.
 Understanding Filipino Values

Values are often associated with what an individual

believe that he had acquired and nurtured in life.
The Filipino national tradition is composed of:

1. PAGSASARILI or the principle

of self-reliance which means to
be oneself, to be a person in his
own right, to be ble to make up
his mind, and to do his thing.
2. PAKIKISAMA, or sharing with
one’s fellow both the burdens as
well as the rewards of an activity.

The ideal is to share, to have the

give-and-take that goes with living
together in a society, whether in
the family or local community
organization.
3. PAGKAKAISA or national
unity. This is brought about
through a process of a free
discussion and the exercise
or a certain reasonableness
in building an articulate
national community.
4. PAGKABAYANI. The essence
is patriotism or the total
dedication to the nation and
the readiness to put the
common good of the nation
above the private interest,
whether of one’s own person,
group or class.
5. PAKIKIPAGKAPWA-TAO,
or human solidarity. This
refers to the dedication to
one’s own nation, so as to
enable one to participate on
free and equal terms.
 Other Intermediate Values
Related to Socialization

1. Smooth Interpersonal Relations (SIR)

a. PAKIKISAMA
According to Randolf David (1997), pakikisama is
an important and highly valued quality.

b. RECIPROCITY or utang na loob which is another

aspect of SIR is a universal form of behavior.
2. Closeness and Security in the Family. A much vaunted trait
in the Filipino society is the so-called close family ties or
family solidarity.
A strong family tie is a factor for the kind of leaders
follow close on the heels of their elders to continue theri
wealth, if not the political power.

3. Respect for Elders

Children are taught to kiss the hands of their parents
and other kin or made to do what is commonly called “bless”.
The essence of respect for elders is obedience.
4. Personalism.
Major importance is attached to the personal factor,
which ensures intimacy, warmth and friendship in getting
things done. Kinship and friendship play a crucial role in the
reciprocal relationship between interacting parties.

5. Hospitality.
Foreigners who come to our country often remark
about Filipino hospitality. This is shown in our generosity
and kindness in treating our visitors.
6. Patient Suffering or Pagtitiis
It is shown in the attitude that certain frustrating forces
whether poverty, injustice, sickness, or anything else are too
powerful to be overcome (Bulatao,1962:78)

7. Panindigan
Subsumed in panindigan are respect and concern
(paggalang at pagmamalasakit), helping in times of crisis or
distress (pagdamay), understanding the limitation of others
(pagpuno sa kakulangan), sensitivity and regards for others,
rapport and acceptance, and human concern
(pakikipagkapuwa).