WORKSHOP

on

SELF-AWARENESS AND AWARENESS

OF OTHERS:
TOWARDS PEDAGOGICAL
PERSPECTIVES
OBJECTIVES:

After five hours the participants shall be able to:

1. Define the significant role that personal and professional

relationship brings to effective teaching.

2. Describe the dynamics of self-knowledge as prerequisites to

awareness of others, particularly of one’s students, superiors,
and peers.

3. Explain why people work and to determine the criteria for

quality- driven work ethics; demonstrate the behavior elements
behind productive learning experience with students.

4. Illustrate how to “move people to action” and show the “power

of words” as teachers “walk the talk”.
 Assumptions and Learning Requisites

1. Openness to learn

2. Active listening

3. Active participation in activities/discussion

4. Respect for the ideas and opinions of others

5. Non –critical/non-judgmental

6. No finger-pointing, No naming of names

7. Confidentiality
 METHODOLOGY

The workshop shall consist of games or activities around

which shall be built the topics for discussion. This, being a
structured learning experience process, shall call for an active
involvement of participants and requires insightful
observations of what is going on. Thereafter participants are
expected to make sense of what they saw and did in the
activities. From there draw out generalizations of these
experiences.
 Workshop Content
 Mind-Set for a World of Turbulence: The Need For a Change in Disposition
Exercise: “Fruit Salad”
Processing of the activity
Johari Window: It’s life’s implications
 Why Work at All?
Ethical work standards
 A Teacher’s World of Relationships
Understanding human behavior in a work setting
Building blocks of productive relationships with superiors-peers-students
 The Dynamics of The Teaching Act
Motivation – How do you move people to action
Communication: The Power of Words
 Quality Teaching Performance in the Classroom
 JOHARI WINDOW
Things Known to Self Not Known to Self

Things
Known to I. Area of free activity II. Blind Area
Others (Public Self) (“bad breath” area)
Self
disclosure
Things line
Not III. Avoided façade or IV. Area of Unknown
Known to hidden area (Private Self) Activity (Potential Area)
Others

Feedback line
Why Work: It’s implications on human life.
1. Earn a livelihood – Economic Security for oneself and one’s family.
2. Share or continue in the procreative powers of God in the use of
resources.
3. Makes man more human in the development of his intellectual talents and
abilities, the use of his intellect and will.
4. Service to humanity
5. A source of Joy
6. One’s passport to the next life
Quality-Driven Work Ethics
1. Excellence at what one does
2. Integrity – the quality of work that adheres to moral acceptability:
Honesty, Incorruptibility, unassailable by others.
3. Service-Driven Motivation that springs from a sincere desire to render
quality service to the client or service user.
4. Self-effacing service above self
5. Just and fair dealing sincere, Judicious business dealings with others, no
shady or exploitative.
 PRINCIPLES IN THE
UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN
BEHAVIOR IN THE WORK
SETTING

1. Man is one.
2. Man is unique. ( The principle of individual
differences)
3. Man has dignity.
4. All of man’s behavior is caused.
The Building Blocks of Effective Relationships
Building Block #1. Awareness of who we are, how we affect people in
our lives.
Building Block #2. Accepting Responsibility for our good and bad sides.

Building Block #3. Commitment .

Building Block #4. Action.

Building Block #5. Take steps one at a time.

1. Demonstrate
2. Explicate
3. Supplicate
4. Investigate
Take note:
 Keep people interest in mind.
 Don’t be judgmental.
 Take the time to show kindness.
 Build Cooperation – Build trust.
 Be Discreet.

Motivate, Create reason to be positive and

 Help colleagues
 Be a visionary
 Develop a specific plan
Motivation: How do you move people to action
Motivation – a set of forces that leads people to
behave in practical ways.
- the arousal, direction, maintenance of
behavior as stimulated by the men’s
needs.
Need - is anything that an individual wants or
requires.

Categories of Need Theory

1. Content Based
2. Process Based
 Hierarchy of Needs (MASLOW)
Meaning Incentives

Achievement Self-
Challenging Work
Actualization
Needs

Status Esteem Needs Title

Friends in
Friendship Love & Belongingness Needs Work Group

Stability Security Needs Fringe Plan

Sustenance Base Salary

Physiological Needs/ Survival Needs
 COMMUNICATION

Communication is the process of sharing/ exchanging/

transmitting ideas, feelings, attitudes for the purpose of
eliciting desired response or of initiating and maintaining
relationships.

Component elements Dimensions

1. Content – the what 1. Flow
2. Process – the how 2. Effect
 ACTIVE LISTENING
DO DON’T
• Do adopt the attitude that you will always have • Don’t listen with only half an ear by “turning
something to learn. out” the speaker and pretending that you are
listening.
• Don’t unnecessarily interrupt the speaker or
• Do take time to listen, give the speaker your full
finish the speaker’s statement because of
attention and hear the speaker out.
impatience or wanting to respond immediately.

• Do withhold judgment until the speaker is finished.

• Don’t fidget or doodle while listening. Don’t let
Strive to locate the main ideas of the message.
other distractions bother you and the speaker.

• Do establish eye contact with the speaker. Read

•Don’t confuse facts with opinions.
body language. Smile, nod, and give an
encouraging sign when the speaker hesitates.
• Do ask questions at appropriate times to be sure •Don’t show disapproval or insensitivity to the
that you understand the speaker’s message. speaker’s feelings.
• Do try to determine the work meanings within the Don’t respond until the speaker has said what
context of the speaker’s background. Listen for he or she wants.
what is being implies as well as what is being said.
• Do restate the speaker’s idea at appropriate
•Don’t become defensive.
moments to make sure that you have it correctly.
 QUALITY TEACHING PERFORMANCE
IN THE CLASSROOM
EFFECTIVE
CLASSROOM
BEHAVIOR
PRACTICES

TEACHER’S
(B) TEACHER’S (C) TEACHER’S
ABILITY TO KEEP
ENTHUSIASM CREATIVITY
SUPPORTIVE CLIMATE

USING DIFF. MAKING USE OF PROVIDING

USE OF STUDENT USE OF POSITIVE USE OF POSITVE
USING THE BODY USING THE VOICE SHOWING INTEREST TECHNIQUES/ QUASTIONING THNKING
PARTICIPATION REINFORCEMENT LANGUAGE
MATERIALS TECHNIQUES OPPORTUNITIES

MOVEMENT VARIETY

GESTURES RATE

EYE CONTACT VOLUME

PITCH

A diagram of effective classroom behavior practices.

 THE ALPHABET OF PERSONAL SUCCESS
(A-Z) by PATRICIA PATTON
A: Accept yourself for who your are and never doubt your worth or value as a person.
B: Believe in your ability to accomplish anything you want in life.
C: Care about others and respect their right to be different.
D: Direct your thinking to those things that are positive.
E: Earn the respect of others by being the best you can be.
F: Face your problems with courage and confidence.
G: Go with what is right.
H: Homework is an important step in your preparation for gathering useful
information.
I: Ignore taunting of those who try to keep your from reaching your goals.
J: Jealousy of others for what they have can prevent you from reaching your goals.
K: Keep trying no matter how many times you fail. Failing is the necessary foundation
for learning how to succeed.
L: Learn from your mistakes and try not to repeat them.
M: Mind your own business and do not spread gossip about others.
N: Never abuse sex, drugs or alcohol.
O: Observe all things around you, watch, listen, and learn from others.
P: Patience is a valuable strength and will allow you to keep trying when things don’t
seem to work out.
Q: Questions are important to finding the right answers and gaining knowledge.
R: Respect yourself, your family and others.
S: Self-confidence, self-esteem, self-image and self-respect will get you through tense
times.
T: Take responsibility for own actions.
U: Understand that life has its ups and downs but nothing can defeat you unless you
give permission.
V: Value your self and others, and strive for the best in life.
W: Work hard and have fun too.
X: ‘Xtra effort brings success.
Y: You can make a difference.
Z: Zero effort bring zero results.
 THAT’S ALL FOLKS!

LOVE LIFE AND ENJOY

TEACHING.

The better we know ourselves, the less we will criticize others...
True happiness consists not in having much but in needing less…
~ St. Augustine ~