NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CURRICULUM SUPPORT
Personal Development
Unit Delivery Model
Student’s Notes
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Contents
Lessons 1–4
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Lessons 5–6
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Lessons 7–10
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Lessons 11–12
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Lessons 13–15
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Lessons 16–17
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Lessons 18–21
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Lessons 22–23
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Lessons 24–45
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Lessons 46–50
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Student’s Notes
Lessons 1–4
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 and feelings you have identified and indicate whether they are a strength or a weakness.
Qualities
Strengths
Weaknesses
Remember to get feedback from others
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Feelings
Strengths
Weaknesses
STUDENT’S NOTES
Lessons 5–6
Task
Highlight the self awareness qualities and feelings in the table above .
(Refer to page 34 of Higher Personal Development – Self Evaluation)
Lessons 7–10
Awareness and development techniques
Task
Select one case study and use it to complete the following self development
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 analysis
Forces for change
(Driving forces)
Forces against change
(Restraining forces)
Equilibrium or status quo
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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 11–12
Task
Mind map a range of contexts you wish to learn more about.
(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 13–15
Outcome 1, PC(a)
Task
Use your preferred awareness and development technique to evaluate your
own qualities and feelings in your chosen context.
Awareness and development technique
Outcome 1, PC(c)
Task
Gather opinions from another person on your own personal qualities in your
chosen context.
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Task
Highlight the self awareness qualities and feelings in your self devel opment
technique.
(Refer to page 34 of Higher Personal Development – Self Evaluation)
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Lessons 16–17
Outcome 1, PC(d)
Task
Identify an aim for your project that will help to develop your self awareness.
(This should enable you to address the qualities and feelings you identified in
your awareness and development technique.)
Aim of project:
(What you hope to achieve)
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Outcome 1, PC(e)
Task
Explain your reasons for choosing this aim.
(Relate your explanation to your selected context and identified self
awareness qualities and feelings)
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Lessons 18–21
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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Task
Mind map the steps you will have to undertake to complete your four
complex tasks.
Steps involved in the complex task being completed
Complex task 1
Aim of project
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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 22–23
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
(Photocopy this page)
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Monitor progress towards
achieving aim
Action taken as a result of
monitoring
Explanation of why action
was taken
STUDENT SUPPORT NOTES
Lessons 24–45
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 have taken this action.
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STUDENT SUPPORT NOTES
Lessons 46–50
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 recorde d in your action plan)
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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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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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