Life Orientation grade 10Presentation

Development of self in society: strategies to improve self-awareness, self-esteem and self-development.

Learning Outcomes:By the end of today’s lesson you will be able

to…Define key terms Identify factors that affect self-awareness.Analyse your own self-awareness.

What is Self Awareness Self awareness basically describes a situation where the light

of awareness is turned onto ourselves. While awareness is our ability to take note; self-awareness is our ability to take note of ourselves.

Self-awareness is the ultimate enabler. Without living knowledge of ourselves (which is another way of defining self awareness) there would be no hope for conscious, positive change.

Thanks to awareness we can take a good look at ourselves and our lives and see what is working for us and what isn't. This awareness plants the seeds of change in our subconscious mind.

It plants in us the drive and motivation to choose to do things differently.

What is self-esteemSelf-esteem is the way someone sees themselvesYou can have an positive self-image or a negative self

image.People who suffer from a negative self-esteem usually see

themselves as worse than they are (conditions like anorexia and bulimia can result from a negative/distorted self-image resulting in them hating the way they look).

If you have a positive self-esteem you are more likely to see yourself how you actually look not just how you think you look.

We all have a picture of ourselves that is based on:

What we believe we are like as a person.What we believe, other people think about us.

Self-esteem is the opinion you have of yourself and your value as a person

What is self-development• Self-development is the process or act of becoming oneself, developing one’s potential, achieving an awareness of one’s identity, and fulfilling oneself.The self-motivation to change also comes from a vivid awareness of what we want for ourselves and our future, and a lucid recognition that we simply won't be able to have it if we don't leave our bad habits behind.

Identify factors that can affect self-awareness:The view we have or our-self changes as we progress

through the life-stages and the life experience we have.If we have a clear picture of ourselves it makes us feel

secure and happy, even if we have a few negative images amongst the good.

If we feel good about ourselves we have a positive self-esteem, which helps us to relate to others.

If we get on with people it will improve our self-concept. If we have a good self-concept, we value ourselves as

people and if we are valuable then we should expect others to value us to.

Moonie et al (1999)

Identify factors that can affect self-awareness continues……AgeAppearanceCultureEmotional developmentEducationRelationships with othersSexual orientationsLife experiences

Task 1defining key terms Answer the following questions individually in a

piece of paper.

What is meant by the term self-awareness?

What is meant by the term self-esteem or self-worth?

What is meant by the term self-development?

Be prepared to discuss your ideas.

Task 2Be able to analyse your own self-conceptIn this task learners are required to work

individually use a piece of paper to write your answers.

Make a list of words that you would use to describe yourself.

Put them into positive and negative columns.

How would you rate your self-esteem.

Task 3Improve your self-awareness and self-esteem.

Learners are required to work in groups of five, analyse the case study below and answer the following questions.

Thato is a sixteen year old grade 10 learner at as school in Gauteng. She sometimes feels OK, but more often she feels bad about herself. She is unsure about the way she looks, and worries if she is as good as the other learners in her class. Her idol is a very skinny model. Thato is slightly overweight. She never speaks in her class. She thinks she is unpopular and has no close friends.

a) How can you help Thato to improve herself esteem. Give her three suggestions about what she can do to like herself.

b) Now design an action plan to improve your own self esteem.c) After 2 weeks, see how well you have followed your action plan. Write a paragraph to

explain how you have improved your self-esteem.d) Imagine you are on SABC South African’s got talent! Show. Get into a small group of five to create a short song, rap or dance that

gives a message to promote self-esteem.