BS Lesson Plan

Name of
Parnika Sharma Institute AIPS
Faculty
Date 12/6/14 Programme UG
Semester 1st BS Title : Understanding self for effectiveness

COURSE OBJECTIVEUnderstanding self & process of learning self exploration,

Learning strategies for development of a healthy self esteem, Importance of attitudes &
its effective on personality, Building Emotional Competence..

Topics Covered
Module-1 Self as Core Competency
Understanding of Self
Components of Self Self identity
Self concept
Self confidence
Self image
Methodology- Lecture, ppt , activity, Discussion
Definition of self by individuals given, Components of Self discussed with day to day examples, other
significant people in ones life, Self acceptance.
Activity (1) Ice Breaking Activity: Welcome and Warm-up
Objective: To welcome and to initiate discussion on understanding Self.
Procedure:
1. Mention that todays session will provide them an opportunity to better understand
themselves.
2. Ask each one of them to introduce themselves and associate themselves with one animal and why.
Eg. My name is mohit , I did my schooling from DPS Mathura road. I am friendly , fun loving and
hardworking . one animal I like to associate myself with is Bear, as I am v loving and compassionate.

Learning The whole class get to know each other better. It will increase understanding and acceptability in the
group.

(2) Activity: Living Tree

Objective: To increase self awareness.

Getting to know oneself better is good for building self esteem.

PROCEDURE:
Instruction
1. Draw a tree.
2.Don't write words, letters or numbers on your drawing. Only draw pictures, squiggles or shapes . You can
use as much colour as you like.
Should include the following:
a)Roots: - Roots nourish a tree. The people you represent with roots are the people who supported you
while growing up, or are still supporting you in some way, so draw each root for the person who nourishes
you.
b)Branches: - Draw one branch for each family member.
c)Flowers: Draw each flower for the things in your life that makes you feel good about yourself.
d)Leaves:- Draw each leaf for the significant event in your life.
e)Fruit: - Draw each fruit for your achievements no matter how big or small.

Learning - Autobiographical picture of ones life ,helps in exploring ones unique identity.
Helps in building self esteem by acknowledging ones accomplishments.
Help us to be grateful
(3) Lecture : discuss with the class the components of self : Self identity ,Self concept, Self
confidence ,Self image

Learning Outcomes- 1. Rapport establishment amongst the students and also with the faculty.
2. Self concept and factors effecting the formation of self concept, self identity.
3. Understanding of the components of self.

Module-2 Techniques of Self Awareness

Exploration through Johari Window
Mapping the key characteristics of self
Framing a charter for self
Stages self awareness, self acceptance and self realization
Methodology - Discussion, ppt , activity.
Johari window explained with four quadrants with imp of each, Mapping of key characteristics of oneself
done, SWOT analysis & knowledge of johari window in personal journal explained.
Activity-
1) Johari window-consists of 4 windows- Open self, Blind Spot, Hidden self, Unknown self.
(2) SWOT Analysis List out Your- strengths, weaknesses, oportunities & threats
3) Activity: Feed Back loop

Objective: Stimulates self- awareness.

Procedure:
1. Call each participant in the front of the class one by one.
2. Ask the group to tell one thing good about the participant who is standing in the front of the class.
3. Next ask the group to tell one thing about the participant which he can improve in himself.

Learning each participant will learn to take feedback. One will learn the skill of giving feedback.
One will learn the skill of giving and receiving constructive feedback.
Learning Outcomes: Understanding of self in terms of ones strengths, weaknesses and personal
effectiveness.

Assignment
Write few lines on who are the significant others in your life today?
Who were the significant others in your life in your childhood?
For whom are you a significant other?
Deadline for Assignment To be submitted in the next BS Workshop.

Module-3 Self Esteem & Effectiveness

Meaning
Importance
Components of self esteem
High and low self esteem
Measuring your self esteem
Methodology- Discussion, ppt , activity, Role Play, Self Esteem Evaluation Sheet.
Defining - Self Esteem = Self Efficacy + Self Respect., characteristics of High & Low self esteem,
consequences of High & Low self esteem
Activity (1) Meditation Exercise for enhancement of self esteem and acceptance of self.
( Details attached)

(2). Same Letter, Different Name

Objective-

To increase self-esteem by recognizing the positive traits that exist in each other.

Procedure:

1.Divide the group into teams .ask each team to write down on one piece of paper all the names of the
people on their team .Once all the names are written down, select a letter of the alphabet from the envelope.
Inform the teams what letter was chosen and give them two minutes to work as a team to think of a positive
word, or words beginning with the chosen letter that describes each person.

For example, if the letter H was chosen and the names Rishab, Arti, and Chirag were on the list my team
may come up with:

Rishab - Hard worker

Arti - Honest, Humble

Chirag - Handsome

Once the time limit is up bring the two teams together and ask them to each read their list to the group.
Play as many rounds of this game as you have time for. You may want to make specific rules for the
activity (i.e. you must think of at least one word for each person on the list).

Discussion Prompts

1. How do you feel about the words that were chosen to describe you?

2. Were you surprised by any of the words used to describe you? If so why?

3. Did anyone give any ideas for the a word that you would use to describe yourself ?

4. Is it easy or hard to think of positive words to describe others? Yourself? Why?

Learning : Participants could benefit from hearing positive comments about themselves in order to improve
their own self-esteem. Group members become more familiar with each other.

(3) Activity: Self Esteem Questionnaire. ( Copy attached)

Learning Outcomes- Importance & Relevance of Self Esteem in Personality, Difference in High & Low
Self Esteem, Strategies to build up Healthy Self Esteem.
Module-4 Building Positive Attitude
Meaning and nature of attitude
Components and Types of attitude
Importance and relevance of attitude
Methodology-, ppt , activity, Discussion, test on Positive Attitude
.Define Attitude, Components & features of Attitude, Benefits of positive attitude, Negative attitude.
Activity- (1) Special US
Objective: Understanding and Building positive environment.
Procedure:
1. Ask the entire group to give smile to each and everyone .
2. Ask each participant to give one genuine compliment to any one present in the class.

Learning : When we give smile , we receive the smile as well. Making the environment Positive.
When one gets compliments it always feels nice about oneself. And one give compliment we could see the
positive and good in another person. So the act of giving positivity help us receive so much positivity.
Making the environment conducive to growth.
(2) Discuss real life stories depicting positive attitude and success in class room followed by group
discussion.
Activity: Are you Sukhi Ram or Dukhi Ram? Choose stating life incidences and reason as to which
character you associate yourself most to.
(3) Activity : Attitude Test for Success

Learning Outcomes Importance of Positive attitude.

Module-5 Building Emotional Competence
Emotional Intelligence Meaning, components, Importance and Relevance
Positive and negative emotions
Healthy and Unhealthy expression of emotions

Methodology - ppt , activity, Discussion , Role Play, Test on Emotional Intelligence Scale
Meaning, components, importance & relevance of emotional intelligence. Positive & Negative emotions,
Healthy & unhealthy expression of emotions.
Activity (1) Rose and Thorne
Rose- some thing good that has happened to you
Thorne- some challenge that has come up

Learning : Help us to understand the role of thought on our feelings and action. Help us to
accept and grow
(2) Role play on an emotion given without speaking. Emotion portrayal yet no verbal
interaction( some emotions are: Happy, Sad, Angry, Excited, Fear, Hate, Disgust, Surprise etc)

Learning we get to know about what the person is feeling from his body language and facial expression.
So to have a positive body language needs to be emotionally intelligent.
(3) Test on emotional intelligence & scoring. Discussion on the methods/practices/strategies
through which an individual can develop Emotional Intelligence.
Learning Outcome: Identifying & labeling the emotions expressed. Developing emotional intelligence.

Meditation Self Esteem as A Way To Grow

Your Self Esteem
Discover the Benefits Of Meditation Self Esteem

Meditation has a great positive impact on self esteem. It is easy to do although you
need a kind of discipline.

Why would you meditate?

Although meditation self esteem is not an official name for the kind of meditation.
Meditation already has effects on self esteem, health and happiness when you do it a
couple of minutes a day. You become relaxed and let go of feelings of stress. The
result is inner calmness and peace of mind.
When your mind is still, your feelings will be calm and it shows also in your body.
Muscle tension lowers, blood pressure drops, stress hormones are reduced and the
body recovers. People who meditate are healthier than others who don't.

Your self esteem is build on believes about yourself and believes are thoughts you
think over and over, with a feeling of certainty.
Although the believes usually don't reflect who you are in Essence, you think they do
and so they got their impact on your health, success and happiness. Because
meditation self esteem is focusing on clearing your mind and letting go of thoughts
we use to attach to, the devastating effect of possible negative thoughts about
yourself ceases.

The most influential aspect of meditation self esteem is that it brings you back to
your Inner Self, that part of you that is your Essence or Spirit. In that sense it
becomes a spiritual experience.

How to meditate?

There are numerous ways to meditate and they all come

together to clearing your mind by focusing on something.
Here are some guidelines in these meditation tips:

Take some time off

start with 5 minutes and you can increase it to more than

an hour -and don't let anyone disturb you. Turn off the
phone.

You can either sit or lie down.

Prefer to sit because it is harder to keep awake when

laying. The most common way to sit is legs crossed on the
ground (lotus) but you can also sit on a chair. To
concentrate your attention more easily it is important to
stretch your back.

Focus your attention on your breathing.

Breath in. Be aware of the air flowing into your lungs. Breath out. Concentrate on the
air going out. Don't change anything in your natural breathing. Just follow it with
your attention.

Relax your body with every breath out.

Keep it this way. When your thoughts drift away, and they certainly will do, bring
your focus back to your breathing and relax some more.

Do this regularly. To experience the benefits you should make this a daily practice.
SELF ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE:

How to Use This Self Esteem Questionnaire?

The awareness of any self esteem issue can help you to address them and take some kind
of action to improve. You can keep the insights to yourself or you can use the results of
this questionnaire to discuss them with a good friend or counselor if required. You can
also use the results as starting point for personal journal writing.

Do the Test

Answer to the following questions of the questionnaire by circling one of the numbers 1
to 5

1 = not at all, 2 = not really, 3 = sometimes/sometimes not, 4 = yes mostly, 5 = yes surely

1. Are you free from feelings of guilt? 12345

2. Are you energetic? 12345

3. Are you joyous? 1 2 3 4 5

4. Are you decisive? 1 2 3 4 5

5. Do you like your appearance? 1 2 3 4 5

6. Do you control your weight in a easy way? 1 2 3 4 5

7. Do you relax easily? 1 2 3 4 5

8. Do you sleep well? 1 2 3 4 5

9. Do you get the right amount of sleep? 1 2 3 4 5

10. Do you like/love yourself? 1 2 3 4 5

11. Do you feel worthwhile? 1 2 3 4 5

12. Are you socially active? 1 2 3 4 5

13. Do you have pleasure in your activities? 1 2 3 4 5

14. Are you peaceful? 1 2 3 4 5

15. Do you take yourself as you are? 1 2 3 4 5

16. Are you motivated to do things? 1 2 3 4 5

17. Are you proud of your achievements? 1 2 3 4 5

18. Do you have high standards for yourself and others? 1 2 3 4 5

19. Do you emphasize your strenghts? 1 2 3 4 5

20. Do you love life? 1 2 3 4 5

The Results

The higher you score on the questionnaire the higher your self esteem is. A score of 100
is the highest. 20 is lowest.

Attitude test

What is your attitude towards success? What does that mean for you? Take the 5-minute
test below; you may be surprised at the results you get.

Select one of the three answers to the questions below, and then compute your score
based on the instructions at the end of the test

TEST

(A) I have a clear idea of what success means to me.

(B) I have no idea what success means to me.

(C) I have somewhat of an idea what success means to me.

(A) I always seek advice and feedback.

(B) I never seek advice and feedback.

(C) Sometimes I seek advice and feedback.

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(A) I never give up something I enjoy now, for something better in the future.

(B) Sometimes I give up something I enjoy now, for something better in the future.

(C) I always give up something I enjoy now, for something better in the future.

(A) When I have a setback or rejection, I give up and quit.

(B) When I have a setback or rejection, I learn from it and try again.

(C) Sometime setbacks or rejection causes me to quit, other times I try again.

(A) I believe I will be successful.

(B) I believe I will never be successful.

(C) Maybe I will be successful, maybe I will not.

(A) I am always fully prepared for the things I do.

(B) I am never prepared for the things I do.

(C) Sometimes I am prepared and other times I am not.

(A) I would never take a risk, I only want sure things.

(B) I am somewhat open to taking risks.

(C) I am willing to take risks if the rewards seem worth it.

(A) What happens in my life is not my responsibility.

(B) What happens in my life is somewhat my responsibility.

(C) What happens in my life is totally my responsibility.

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(A) Change always brings me new opportunities.

(B) Change never brings me new opportunities.

(C) Change sometimes brings me new opportunities.

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(A) I go all out when I am working on something.

(B) I hold back somewhat when I am working on something.

(C) I never go all out when I am working on something.

Scoring: Give yourself the following points for the answer you chose on each question:

(1) A +1, B -1, C 0

(2) A +1,B -1,C 0

(3) A +1, B 0, C -1

(4) A -1, B +1,C 0

(5) A +1, B -1, C 0

(6) A +1, B -1,C 0

(7) A -1, B 0, C +1

(8)A -1,B 0,C +1

(9) A +1,B -1, C 0

(10) A +1, B 0,C -1.

Answers with a plus one, were the correct response if you are to be truly successful. Now
add up you points. If you score was between 6 and 10 you are well on your way to
success. If your score was between 5 and zero, you need to fine-tune your attitude
towards success. If your score was below zero, you need to give some serious thought to
how your attitude towards success is holding you back.