MANAGING AND CARING FOR

SELF
Unit III
Lesson 1: Self-regulated learning
Lesson 2: Setting goals for success
Lesson 3: Stress and Stress
Management
 LESSON 1: SELF-REGULATED LEARNING

At the end of the lesson, students must

have:
•Explained how learning occur,
•Enumerated various metacognition and
studying techniques, and
• Identified the techniques that they find
most appropriate for themselves.
 LESSON 1: SELF-REGULATED LEARNING

Every human being especially student has their own

unique way and techniques in learning, moreover
doing well and achieving academic goals is based on
the attitude towards learning. In this chapter you will
be able to understand your study behaviour and be
able to learn different techniques to study effectively
that suits to your outlook towards success.
 ACTIVITY: (5 MINUTES)

Think of 2 tasks/things/ activities which you have learn from the past
10 years. And try to explain how had you learnt those tasks/things/
activities.

1. Name of tasks/things/ activities:

2. How had you learnt those tasks/things/ activities?
1. Engage: This initial stage is about
capturing interest and curiosity. It involves
motivating learners and sparking their
enthusiasm for the subject. This can be
done through interactive activities,
thought-provoking questions, or real-world
applications that make the learning
relevant and exciting.
2. Share: In this stage, new information is
presented to the learners. This could be
through lectures, reading materials,
videos, or discussions. The goal is to share
knowledge in a clear and accessible way,
ensuring that learners understand the
concepts being taught.
3. Practice: Here, learners apply what they
have learned through exercises, activities,
or hands-on tasks. This stage is crucial for
reinforcing new information and
developing skills. Practice allows learners
to experiment, make mistakes, and
improve through repetition and feedback.
4. Perform: The final stage involves
demonstrating mastery of the subject.
Learners show what they have learned
through assessments, presentations,
projects, or real-world applications. This
stage provides an opportunity for learners
to consolidate their knowledge and
receive feedback on their performance.
 THE IMPROVED LEARNER

Self-concept and self-understanding is one of the

many factors that would help the students to
assess their future success. Students self-
experiences, accomplishments and even failures
have something to say about their goals. In every
society, education plays a vital role in planning
about people‘s future and self-improvement.
WHAT ARE YOUR STUDY
TECHNIQUES?
 RECALL A TIME WHEN YOU HAD A
HIGH SCORE IN YOUR EXAM, WHAT
WERE YOUR STUDY TECHNIQUES?
LESSON 2: SETTING GOALS FOR SUCCESS

At the end of the lesson, students must have:

•Acquired and honed skills and learnings for
better managing of one‘s self and behaviors,
and
•Applied these new skills to one‘s self and
functioning for a better quality of life.
Setting one‘s goal is vital in making life to
succeed more. Having a well establish self-plan
and envisioning yourself on that path will give
you motivation towards reaching that goals. The
experiences, learnings you have gained, and
despite of the obstacles and challenges you
faced, take a leap of faith and turned your
dreams into reality.
Henry “Tatang” Sy, Sr., the
Philippine property tycoon
and owner of SM malls
was a self-made
billionaire. He was a
Chinese immigrant and
the wealthiest man in the
Philippines which has
inspired a lot of people.
Mr. Sy made his fortune
with a Philippine shopping
center conglomerate that
has put up some of the
largest malls in the world.
 I‘ve always wanted to be a businessman. No other ambitions, I
just wanted to be in business, even when I was a child in Fujian
province in southern part of China.‖; Pushing your boundaries he said,
“every time the country is in a crisis, I think and decide where is the
best way to go. We have to always think to overcome these
limitations.‖; On perseverance, he added
As a kid, I had the will to strive for excellence and to overcome
the hard environment, but I never imagined attaining big success.
Whatever I have achieved did not happen overnight; ever since my
teen years I‘ve devoted many, many years of my life to non-stop
studying, diligent work and dreaming of a better future.
 MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

It‘s your turn to make your dreams come true. By looking at the mirror, draw your
envisioned Future Self. Who would you be, what do you want to become:
GOAL SETTING

Goal Setting involves the development of

an action plan designed to motivate and
guide a person or group toward a goal.
ALBERT E. BANDURA’S
SELF-EFFICACY

Albert E. Bandura (born December 4, 1925, Mundare,

Alberta, Canada) introduced his concept of self-efficacy
in an article entitled ―Self-efficacy: Toward a Unifying
Theory of Behavioral Change‖, published in Psychological
Review in 1977. He is a Canadian-born American
psychologist and originator of social cognitive theory
who is probably best known for his modelling study on
aggression, referred to as the ―Bobo doll” experiment,
which demonstrated that children can learn behaviours
through the observation of adults.
Dr. Albet Bandura described four main sources of
influence by which a person‘s self-efficacy is
developed and maintained:

1. Performance accomplishments or mastery experiences,

are the most effective ways to create a strong sense of
efficacy. ―Successes build a robust belief in one‘s personal
efficacy. Failures undermined it, especially if failures occur
before a sense of efficacy is firmly established.
2. Vicarious experiences, seeing people similar to oneself
succeed by sustained effort raises observer‘s beliefs that
they too possess the capabilities master comparable
activities to succeed.
3. Verbal or social persuasion also affects one‘s perception of
self-efficacy. It is ―a way of strengthening people‘s beliefs
that they have what it takes to succeed.

4. Physiological, or somatic and emotional, states - People

also rely on their somatic or emotional states when judging
their capabilities. Stress and tension are interpreted as ―signs
of vulnerability to poor performance.‖
CAROL S. DWECK’S FIXED AND
GROWTH MINDSET THEORY

Carol S. Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is the author of

Mindset The New Psychology of Success. She is one of
the leading researchers in the field of motivation. Her
works has been featured in different publications like The
New Yorker, time, the New York Times, The Washington
Post and the Boston Globe. She appeared on Today and
20/20. (Mindset 2006-2010)
EDWIN A. LOCKE’S GOAL THEORY

Edwin A. Locke (born January 5, 1938) is

internationally known for his research on goal
setting. Locke (1996) first describe that the
approach of goal setting theory is based on
what Aristotle called final causality, that is,
action caused by a purpose.
EDWIN A. LOCKE’S GOAL THEORY

Goals have both an internal and an external aspect.

Internally, they are ideas (desired ends); externally, they
refer to the object or condition sought (e.g., a job, a sale,
a certain performance level). The idea guides action to
attain the object. Two broad attributes of goal are
content (the actual object sought) and intensity (the
scope, focus, complexity etc., of the choice process.
WHAT IS SUCCESS FOR YOU?
 FINAL OUTPUT ON GEC 1

In a cardboard, create your dream board

ten years after graduation. Be creative
and use recycled materials for your work!

“Goals for 2034”

“My Dream Board”
LESSON 3: STRESS & STRESS MANAGEMENT

Explain the effects of stress to one‘s

health;
Examine cultural dimension of stress and
coping‘ and
Design a self-care plan.
LESSON 3: STRESS & STRESS
MANAGEMENT

•What makes you stress?

•Does it affect the way you deal with others?
Since stress in part of our daily routine. We
should know the real essence and meaning
of it. The types of stress and techniques that
we should apply when we encounter stress.
STRESS HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO THREE
TYPES ACCORDING TO SEAWARD (2018):
Looking into the definition of stress and distress,
we see the words ―perceived‖ and
interpretation. It is interesting and comforting to
know that we have so much control over stress
and distress if only we have a keener and
positive way of perceiving and interpreting
things.
It is also good to know that there is
positive types of stress acts like a blessing
in disguise. We would be able to use it to
our advantage, serving as an
encouragement, and opportunity to learn
and persevere.
The process of perceiving and
interpreting a stimulus (thing, change,
event, and people) is known as a
cognitive appraisal which is a type of a
stress response. (Passer & Smith,
2007).
Our ability and the quality of our
cognitive appraisal is dependent on
our beliefs, culture, desires,
expectations, values, etc. There are
two steps in cognitive appraisal: 1.
Primary and 2. Secondary.
 Primary appraisal is the initial evaluation of a
stimulus and categorizing is positive, negative, or neutral
(Weitien, 2014).
Secondary appraisal is the evaluation of our
―perceived ability‖ to cope with the situation, that is, the
resources you have to deal with it‖ (Passer & Smith, 2007)
 RESPONSES TO STRESS
How do we respond to stress? ―Usually the body
begins to react a full analysis of the situation is
made, but a return to a state of calm is also
imminent‖ (Seaward, 2018, p. 10).
There are three general levels each of us responds
to stress: 1. emotional, 2. physiological, and 3.
behavioral (Weiten et al., 2014)
Looking into the list provided in the figure,
each item is so relatable and is normal.
According to Selye the way our body
responds to stress is called General
Adaptation Syndrome. (GAS) which consists
of three (3) stages: 1. Alarm, 2. Resistance, 3.
Exhaustion (Burgess, 2017).
 SOURCES OF COPING AND STRENGTH

 When we are faced with stress, we need to deal with it

by coping well. Coping refers to the efforts to master,
reduce, or tolerate the demands created by the stress.
However, due to circumstances or influences one‘s
coping strategies may be positive or negative.
 Here are some examples of negative or counter-
productive coping strategies that may have been
guilty of are listed below:
1. Giving up-feeling helpless
2. Acting aggressively-to hurt someone physically or
verbally
3. Indulging yourself-excessive indulgence (shopping,
eating, drinking)
4. Blaming yourself-irrational and negative self-talk
5. Defense Mechanisms- avoidance strategies
 TAKING CARE OF SELF

We cannot give what we do not have, an

old adage that makes such relevant sense
in most, if not all, aspect of our life. We
learn how to take care of ourselves before
we can properly take care of others.
1. Health Literacy - includes: the capacity of individuals to obtain, process
and understand basic health information and services needed to make
appropriate health decisions.
2. Self-awareness of physical and mental condition- includes: knowing your
body mass index (BMI), cholesterol level, blood pressure, engaging in
health screening.
3. Physical activity – practicing moderate intensity physical activity such as
walking, cycling, or participating in sports at a desirable frequency.
4. Healthy eating - includes: having a nutritious, balanced diet with
appropriate levels of calorie intake.
5. Risk avoidance or mitigation – includes: quitting
tobacco, limiting alcohol use, getting vaccinated,
practicing safe sex, using sunscreens.
6. Good hygiene – includes: washing hands regularly,
brushing teeth, washing food.
7. Rational and responsible use of products, services,
diagnostics, and medicines - for example: being aware of
dangers (para. 4)