Chapter 12 LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF

Your Self Concept Mental image you have if yourself Your personal beliefs and decision making skills will influence your self concept Strong, positive self concept is important to: ▫Believe in your capabilities ▫Believe you can control your life ▫Exercise self discipline and self control ▫Use effective communication skills ▫Demonstrate flexibility and interity

Self Esteem Feeling of self worth Positive self concept means confidence and satisfaction in yourself Positive self esteem means you recognize and value your uniqueness People with low self esteem often tend to see themselves as failures and avoid everyday challenges

Self Assessment Process of taking stock of your interests, aptitudes, and abilities Helps you better plan for the future Makes it easier to find hobbies and choose elective courses Take self assessment seriously

Interests Activities, events, and ideas that you like Once you determine your interest areas, surround yourself with resources – people, internet information, elective courses – that relate to that interest area

Career Interest Learning about different careers and occupations helps you determine what careers interest you Job Shadowing, Internships, Volunteering – could help to validate skills and tasks needed for careers

APPTITUDE VERSES ABILITY Aptitude is a person’s natural physical and mental talents for learning Example – Aptitude for writing; writer, web-site contributor Ability – is a task or skill you have already developed. Abilities are learned through training and practice Example – Michael Jordan -baseball

Your interests, aptitudes, and abilities all need to be considered in career planning So you think this knowledge can help in high school course planning? How?

Williams web-site Career Cruising Course registration NC – Your lunch number ▫Your computer password ▫Assessments - Interest Survey and Learning Styles Inventory ▫Complete worksheet

Thursday - Personality Friday – Vocabulary Quiz – Chapter 12