Self Awareness and Values

Development

PROF . CONSTANTINE F. MERIDA

CWTS, Coordinator
 HUMAN PERSON AND VALUES
DEVELOPMENT
Learning Objectives

After reading this lesson, you are expected to:

• 1. Recognize the nature and important realities as an individual (self)
and as member of community;
• 2. Enumerate and explain the good citizenship core values;
• 3. Explain self-awareness though the Johari window;
• 4. Define self-awareness and self-management; and
• 5. Discuss how values are formed
INTRODUCTION
• The National Service Training Program (NSTP) – Civic Welfare
Training Service (CWTS) proposes a change in the attitudes and
behavior of the youth. This can be realized through values
development. The once cherished values which seemed to have been
forgotten by the young people today because of environmental
influences – both physical and psychological, will be revisited. In NSTP
– CWTS , the students will again come to internalize these values in
theory and in practice. But these youth will be able to appreciate the
importance of value inculcation only when they will be able to
understand more about the human person and self-awareness. It is
therefore imperative that the students will acquire more knowledge
about the human person and values development.
 THE HUMAN PERSON (LEE, 2007)
• Human person is the subject of education: he is a human person
learning and being taught. The human person is also the object of
education: the human person is at the center of the curriculum and
the entire program.
• The human person is multidimensional: a distinction between the
person as self and the person in community. The human person is an
individual, a self-conscious being of incalculable value in himself. His
physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, socioeconomic, and political well-
being is recognized by the state.
 IMPORTANT REALITIES OF THE HUMAN
PERSON
• 1.The Self-Image

• a. Self-image refers to a person’s understanding of himself/herself.

• b. It is responsible in influencing people’s way of living. The formation of self-
image is derived from two sources: others and the experiences of the self.
• c. There are three kinds of Self-Image:
• 1.) Negative Self-Image – delves on limitations and differences rather than
assets
• 2.) Overrated Self-Image – stresses on the positive traits
• 3.) Realistic Self-Image – based on the real self
2.The Others

• These are the person of groups that one consider as

important and thus are given the right to influence one’s
self.
• 3. The Being

• a. It is the mainspring or a motivating force in the human person.

• b. It is the wellspring, a fountainhead of one’s identity, one’s essential course of
action, and one’s essential bonds.
• c. There are seven approaches to get in touch with the Being.
1.) Approach by way of the self-image
2.) Approach by way of important choices
3.) Approach by way of action
4.) Approach by way of what is “natural” and stress less
5.) Approach by way of people who had the greatest impact on you
6.) Approach to self through severe trials
7.) Approach by way of deep and not yet fulfilled aspirations
• 4.The “I”
The “I” has three (3) different aspects: These are the
intellect, the freedom, and the will.

• 5.The Sensibility and the Body

These are the important realities of the human person
 GOOD CITIZENSHIP CORE VALUES

• The good citizenship core values are reflected in the

Preamble of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
 PREAMBLE OF THE 1987 PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION
• We the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of
Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society
and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and
aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and
develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our
posterity the blessings of independence and democracy
under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom,
love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this
Constitution.
 THE GOOD CITIZENSHIP VALUES
(BASED ON THE 1987 PHILIPPINE
CONSTITUTION)
A. PAGKAMAKA-DIYOS (SPIRITUALITY)

• Faith (Paniniwala)
• Respect for Life (Paggalang)
• Order (Pagsunod sa mga alituntunin)
• Work (Paggawa ng Marangal)
• Concern for Family and Future Generation (Pagkalinga)
B. PAGKAMAKA-TAO

• 1. Love
• 2. Freedom
• 3. Peace
• 4. Truth
• 5. Justice
C. PAGKAMAKA-BAYAN (LOVE OF COUNTRY)

• Unity in Diversity (Katipunan)

• Equality / Justice (Katarungan)
• Respect of Law and Government (Kagalanggalang)
• Patriotism (Kabayanihan)
• Promotion of Common Good (Kabutihan)
D. PAGKAMAKA-KALIKASAN (LOVE OF
ENVIRONMENT)
• Concern of Environment
L – Green the Land
A – Clean the Air
W – Freshen the Water
SELF-AWARENESS, VALUES DEVELOPMENT
AND SERVANT LEADERSHIP
• Your image of who you are is called self-concept. As cited by
Chauhan (2002), it is composed of your feelings and
thoughts about your strengths and weaknesses, your abilities
and limitations.Your self-concept develops from three
sources: 1. Other’s images; 2. Social comparisons; 3. One’s
interpretations and evaluations as depicted in the illustration
below:
 Other’s Images

How do significant others see me?

Your Interpretations and evaluations

Social Comparisons
How do I evaluate my own feelings and
Your interpretations and
behaviors?
evaluations
THE CONCEPT OF SELF-AWARENESS
The Johari window explains that there are four selves that
represent a person, to wit:
• 1. The Open Self. These represent all the information, behaviors,
attitudes, feelings, desires, motivations, ideas and so on, that you know
about yourself and that others know about you.
• 2. The Blind Self. This represents information about yourself that
others know but you do not.
• 3. The Unknown Self. This represents those parts of yourself about
which neither you nor others know.
• 4. The Hidden Self. This contains all that you know of yourself but
keep hidden from others.
5.

5.
KNOW TO SELF NOT KNOW TO SELF

Know to Other Open Self Blind Self

Not Know to Others Hidden Self Unknown Self

Self-awareness opens doors to spiritual and personal growth. We have all the
answers to the question 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. The we can
discover our deepest essence.
WHAT IS SELF-AWARENESS?
• According to Goleman, perhaps the most important emotional
competence is self-awareness – knowing one’s internal states,
preferences, resources, and intuitions.
• Another psychotherapist puts it as “bringing to the conscious mind
our understanding of the compulsion that pushes us around”
• Marilyn vs. Savant, simply calls it, “the art of waking up”, or realizing
what you really are and why you do the things you do, in the way
you do them.
• The following poem illustrates the continuing search of man for
himself. (Palispis) Asses how you picture out yourself in this
concern.
 WHO AM I?
Who am I? Who am I?
My clothes? My look? My mode?
Am I just a thing?
No!
Am I my parents? Brothers? Friends?
Am I they?
I think I am different from them
Just who am I? Am 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.
Who am I really? What is the truth?
I’m alive, enthusiastic, free and unique
Above all, like God, I live.
All this I am – my innermost being.
Who am I? who am I?
What are the key areas of self-awareness?
Human beings are complex and diverse. To become self-aware, we
should develop am understanding of ourselves in many areas
which includes the following:

• 1. Personality. An understanding of our personality can help us find

situations in which we will thrive/survive, and help us avoid situations in
which we will experience too much stress.
• 2. Values. Values are qualities that we cherish as reference for our actions
and behaviors in particular situations.
• 3. Habits. These are the behaviors that we repeat routinely and often do
automatically. Although we would like to use them to help us interact
effectively with and manage others, we can probably identify at least one
of our habitats that decrease our effectiveness.
• 4. Needs. (Connect Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and other
psychologists’ psychological needs) Needs cause motivation, and
when needs aren’t satisfied, they can cause frustration, conflict and
stress. One of the advantages of knowing which needs exert the
strongest influence in our own behaviors is the ability to
understand how they affect our interpersonal relationships.
• 5. Emotions. Understanding our 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 strengths 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 surveys 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 individual as well as the society of which one is a part.
UNDERSTANDING FILIPINO VALUES
Values are often associated with what an individual believes that he had
acquired and nurtured in life.

Horacio de la Costa S. J. (in Bonoan, 1971), a historian, wrote on the

principles and values embodied in the Filipino national tradition which were
fashioned by Filipinos who viewed the culture and society from within and not from
without. This 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 able 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.
• 3. Pagkakaisa or national unity.
• 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 in the family or local
community organization.
• 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 Relation (SIR). Smooth interpersonal relations
or SIR, in short, connotes the facility of getting along with others so as to
avoid outward signs of conflicts, even under difficult circumstances (Lynch
1970:10)

• a. Pakikisama is the mechanism used to maintain SIR, the use of the go-
between, and euphemism.
• b. Reciprocity or Utang na Loob which is another aspect of SIR is a
universal form of behavior.
• 2. Loseness and Security in the Family. A much vaunted trait in
the Filipino society is the so-called close family ties or family
solidarity.
• 3. Respect for Elders. A value inculcated early in the socialization
process.
• 4. Personalism. In personalism, major importance is attached to
the personal factor, which ensures intimacy, warmth and friendship
in getting things done.
• 5. Hospitality. Foreigner who come to our country often remark
about Filipino hospitality. This is shown in oue 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 or too powerful to be overcome (Bulatao, 1962:78)
• 7. Panindigan. With the emphasis on Filipino indigenousness,
Enriquez (1977:3) initiated a new way of looking at Filipino values,
which truly represent the Filipino culture. Commitment and
conviction approximate it.
 VALUE FORMATION
The Christian Value formation is a lifelong process of growing
which gets its strength from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.The
following factors affect one’s value formation:

1. Two (2) Factors Affecting Value Formation

• Influences – these depend on a person’s influences such as intellectual

and emotional capabilities.
• Experience Factor – like good influences, good experiences are
needed in value formation
2. There are Four (4) types of experiences that will influence
or affect the formation of values.
• Liturgical experience
• Bible experience
• Learning experience
• Human experience
 VALUE CLARIFICATION
1.Value Clarification is a difficult task.
There are three basic steps that are useful
in Value Clarification
• Choice
• Value
• Action
2.Values are better than Rules
• Forward-thinking – the organization promotes values to guide people.
Doing this saves time because organizations need not write rules, and
need not refer to the rule books or organization manual.

3.Values serve as outline goals.

• An explicit set of values shall form the foundation of any organization
because they endure.
4.Values send a message.
• A good value teaches and guides the members of the organization.
A symbolic act affirms the value over and over.

5.Values shape an organization.

• Values manifest itself in various ways. It thrusts members to
produce quality good products.Values can shape and animate an
organization.
 ACTIVITY
1. List down the good citizenship values reflected in the Preamble of 1987.

2. What is self – awareness?

3. Explain the Johari window.

4. Explain briefly each of the areas in understanding ourselves.

5. List down the seven intermediate values related to socialization and defines each.

6. Write the factors that affect the value

formation and the types of experiences that influences value formation.