NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CURRICULUM SUPPORT
Personal Development
Course Integrated Model
Student’s Notes
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Contents
Lessons 5–8
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Lessons 9–12
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Lessons 13–16
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Lessons 17–18
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Lessons 19–24
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Lessons 25–26
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Lessons 27–34
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Lessons 35–37
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Lessons 38–60
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Lessons 61–66
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Lessons 67–68
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Lessons 69–70
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Lessons 71–73
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Lessons 74–75
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Lessons 76–80
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Lessons 81–85
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Lessons 86–90
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Lessons 91–94
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Lessons 95–169
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Lessons 170–171
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Lessons 172–175
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STUDENT’S NOTES
Student support notes
Lessons 5–8
Task
You have had an opportunity to take part in a variety of ice -breaker activities and have completed several self assessments.
What have you learned about yourself?
List the qualities, feelings, interpersonal skills and task-management skills you have identified and indicate whether they are a
strength or a weakness.
Qualities
Strengths
Weaknesses
Feelings
Strengths
Weaknesses
Remember to get feedback from others
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Interpersonal skills
Strengths
Weaknesses
Task-management skills
Strengths
Weaknesses
STUDENT’S NOTES
Lessons 9–12
Task
Highlight the self awareness qualities and feelings in the table above .
(Refer to Higher Personal Development – Self Evaluation)
Lessons 13–16
Awareness and development techniques
Task
Select one case study and use it to complete the following awareness and selfdevelopment techniques:
 SWOT analysis
 forcefield analysis
 Johari windows.
(Refer to pages 5–21 of Higher Personal Development – Self Evaluation)
SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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Johari window
Open pane
Blind pane
Hidden pane
Unknown pane
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Forcefield analaysis
Forces for change
(Driving forces)
Forces against change
(Restraining forces)
Equilibrium or status quo
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Units: Self Awareness/Self in Society/Self and Work
Outcome 1, PC(b)
Task
Which awareness and development technique did you prefer?
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Explain your reasons for choosing this technique.
(Compare and contrast each of the techniques in your explanation)
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Lessons 17–18
Task
Mind map a range of contexts that interests you. Select one of these contexts
you are interested in.
Remember, from this context you will determine a different aim for each
of the three units.
(Contexts can relate to career, current areas of study, areas of interest,
qualities and feelings)
Context
Which context have you chosen to study? _____________________________
Justify your choice.
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Lessons 19–24
Units
Self Awareness – Outcome 1, PC(a)
Self in Society – Outcome 1, PC(a)
Self and Work – Outcome 1, PC(a)
Task
Use your preferred awareness and development technique to evalu ate your
own qualities, feelings, interpersonal skills and task -management skills in
your chosen context.
Awareness and development technique
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Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 1, PC(c)
Task
Gather opinions from another person on your own personal qualities in your
chosen context.
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Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Task
In your completed awareness and development technique, highlight your:
 qualities and feelings – Self Awareness
 interpersonal skills – Self in Society
 task management skills – Self and Work
Use a different coloured highlighter for each .
(Refer to Higher Personal Development – Self Evaluation)
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Lessons 25–26
Task
Complete the chart below, detailing the context and aim for each unit .
Context:
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Self Awareness
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Identify an aim for your
project to develop selfawareness.
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Self Awareness
Outcome 1, PC(e)
Explain your reasons for
choosing this aim.
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Self in Society
Outcome 1, PC(c)
Identify personal targets for
development of your identified
interpersonal skills.
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Self in Society
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Explain the reasons for
choosing these personal
targets.
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Self and Work
Outcome 1, PC(c)
Identify personal targets for
development of your identified
task management skills.
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Self and Work
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Explain the reasons for
choosing these personal
targets.
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Lessons 27–34
Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 2, PC(a), PC(b)
Task
Identify four complex tasks and explain how each one which will help you
achieve your aim.
(Relate tasks to aim and identified self awareness qualities and feelings )
Task
Explain how this task will help you
achieve your aim.
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Unit: Self Awareness
Task
Organise the steps you will have to undertake to complete your four complex
tasks. You may choose to use a mind map to do this.
Steps involved in the complex task being completed
Complex task 1
Aim of project
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Unit: Self Awareness
Task
Organise the steps required to complete your chosen complex tasks in a
sequential order.
Organise the steps into a flow chart.
Your teacher/lecturer will demonstrate the various formats this may take.
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Lessons 35–37
Unit: Self Awareness
Task
Transfer the information from your flow chart to the action plan . Determine the timescales and resources needed for each task.
Action plan
Complex task/step
Timescale
Resources
Monitor progress towards
achieving aim
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Action taken as a result of
monitoring
Explanation of why action
was taken
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Lessons 38–60
Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 2, PC(c), PC(d), PC(e), PC(f)
Task
Complete the identified tasks in your action plan. Monitor your progress
towards your aim, take appropriate action as a result of monitoring and
explain why you took this action.
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Lessons 61–66
Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 3, PC(a)
Task
Analyse the progress you have made towards achieving the aim of your
project.
(Refer to your aim and the information recorded in your action plan)
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Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 3, PC(b)
Task
Reach conclusions about what you have learned about your own qualities and
feelings based on this analysis.
(Refer to your self development technique)
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Unit: Self Awareness
Outcome 3, PC(c), PC(d)
Task
From the conclusions you have reached identify personal goals for the further
development of your knowledge of your own qualities and feelings. Explain
why you have chosen these goals.
Personal goals
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Reasons for choice of goals
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Lessons 67–68
Unit: Self in Society
Outcome 2, PC(a)
Task
Identify group members who are interested in developing your chosen context.
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Agree on the nature of the project
(Refer back to your chosen context and personal goals)
Task
Outline your agreed project.
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Lessons 69–70
Unit: Self in Society
Outcome 2, PC(b)
Task
As a group, analyse the requirements of the project, identifying relevant
activities and roles.
Activities/roles
Requirements of group
project
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Lessons 71–73
Unit: Self in Society
Outcome 2, PC(c)
Task
As a group negotiate the allocation of roles and responsib ilities for the group project, taking account of group members ’
strengths and preferences. Complete the table below with the outcome of your group’s negotiations .
Group member
Roles
Responsibilities
Justify why group members were
assigned each role and responsibility
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Lessons 74–75
Unit: Self in Society
Outcome 2, PC(d)
Task
As a group you will have to negotiate procedures for managing the work of
the group.
Work together as a group to agree procedures.
(Consider how you will communicate, how you will record your progress,
what happens if someone is ill?)
Record procedures below:
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Lessons 76–80
Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Outcome 2, PC(e)
Outcome 2, PC(a)
Task
Context: (Refer back to page 13)
Group project: How will this project enable you to develop your interpersonal skills?
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Vocational project: Extension of group project to enable development of your task management skills .
Give an outline of your vocational project. How will you develop your task management skills?
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Lessons 81–85
Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Outcome 2, PC(e)
Outcome 2, PC(d)
Task
Identify four complex tasks for each unit and explain how each one which will help you achieve your identified personal
targets.
(Relate tasks to context, personal targets and skills )
Complex task
Explain how this task will help
you achieve your personal targets
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Complex task
Self and Work
Explain how this task will help you
achieve your personal targets
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Lessons 86–90
Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Task
Mind map the steps you will have to undertake to complete your four complex tasks in each unit.
Steps involved in the complex task being completed
Complex task 1
Group project and
extension project
Indicate unit and personal
target
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Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Outcome 2, PC(f)
Task
Working co-operatively with others organise the steps required to complete complex tasks for both units in a sequential order.
Organise the steps into a flow chart.
Your teacher/lecturer will demonstrate the various formats this may take.
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STUDENT’S NOTES
Lessons 91–94
Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Outcome 2, PC(c), PC(d)
Outcome 2, PC(c), PC(d)
Task
Transfer the information from your flow chart to the action plan. Determine the timescales and resources needed for each
complex task/step.
Action plan
Unit
Complex task/step
Timescale
Resources
Monitor progress
towards achieving aim
Action taken as a result
of monitoring
Explanation of why
action was taken
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Lessons 95–169
Carry out plan
Unit: Self in Society
Unit: Self and Work
Outcome 3
Outcome 3
PC(a): Carry out agreed role in group project
PC(a): Use identified resources to allow progress
towards achieving personal targets
PC(b): Complete own identified tasks to enable
progress towards achieving personal targets
PC(b): Monitor progress during the vocational project
PC(c): Monitor progress of project
PC(c): Take appropriate action as a result of monitoring
PC(d): Negotiate appropriate action as a result
of this monitoring
PC(d): Explain why this action has been taken
PC(e): Work co-operatively with others to enable
Progress throughout the group project
PC(e): Complete own tasks as identified in the plan
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Lessons 170–171
Unit: Practical Abilities
You may have recorded evidence in previous units which satisfies the PC requirements in this unit.
Record evidence in the table below.
Practical
Abilities
Self Awareness
Outcome 1
Outcome 2
a
b
c
d
e
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b
c
d
e
f
Outcome 3
Self in Society
Outcome 1 Outcome 2
a
a
b
c
d
b
c
d
a
b
c
d
Outcome 3
e
f
a
b
c
d
e
Self and Work
Outcome 1 Outcome 2
Outcome 3
a
a
b
c
d
a
b
c
d
Outcome 1
PC(a)
PC(b)
PC(c)
Outcome 2
PC(a)
PC(b)
PC(c)
Outcome 3
PC(a)
PC(b)
PC(c)
PC(d)
PC(e)
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b
c
d
e
STUDENT SUPPORT NOTES
Lessons 172–175
Unit: Practical Abilities
Outcome 4, PC(a), PC(b)
Task
Identify strengths and weaknesses in your own practical abilities.
Explain reasons for the identification of these strengths and weaknesses .
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Reasons to explain identification of
strengths and weaknesses
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Unit: Practical Abilities
Outcome 4, PC(c), PC(d)
Identify areas for the further development of your own practical abilities in
light of the strengths and weaknesses identified above.
Explain the reasons for choosing these areas for further development .
Areas for further development
Reasons for choosing these areas for
further development
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