SESSION 1 -SELF-MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES
The students will be able to:
Explain self-management principles
Understand the importance of self-management
Managing one’s emotions
Identify and use stress management strategies
Exhibiting self-discipline and self-motivation
Setting personal and collective goals
Use planning and organizational skills
Showing the courage to take initiative
Demonstrating personal and collective agency
Understand critically different strategies to improve self-management.
TITLES & CONTENT
What is self-management
Self-management in school
Examples of real-life situations
TEACHING/LEARNING PROCESS
Situation: The students watch a digital story about a group of students at a party where they have to choose between three meal menus before playing outside.
Option 1:
- fish fingers with rice
- juice
- sweet dessert
Option 2:
- Soup
- Grilled steak with rice and salad
- water
- Fruit
Option 3:
- Hamburger with egg and chips
- juice
- sweet dessert
Introduce the self-management concept.
Present the story: Each student will choose a meal menu for themselves and be divided into 3 groups (depending on the selected menu). Then the consequences of each menu choice will be shown.
Decomposition:
Class discussion - Leading students to decompose the problem through questions as:
What happened with the three friends?
Why do you think it happened?
Who chose the better option?
Abstraction:
Worksheet 1 - Students will be required to complete the “What happens if…” activity. According to their answer, they will identify the consequences of the chosen menu.
Pattern Recognition:
Examples of Real-Life Experiences - Students will be asked to share a similar experience. The similarities and differences will be indicated and discussed.
Algorithmic Thinking:
Worksheet 2 - Students will be required to complete a worksheet to explain how they will act in a similar situation, step by step.
Closure:
Class Discussion - Students will have an opportunity to discuss their decisions regarding the digital story they watched. They will speak about self-management's importance.
ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES
Items | Never | Sometimes | Always |
I can explain the self-management principles and their importance. | |||
I can manage my own emotions | |||
I can identify and use self-management techniques for example exhibiting self-discipline and self-motivation. | |||
I can set personal and group goals | |||
I can use planning and organizational skills | |||
I can show courage to take the initiative | |||
I understand different strategies to improve self-management. |