1.01 Understand individual characteristics/traits, interests/preferences, ability levels, skill acquisition, talents/aptitudes, learning styles and values.

Identify & summarize personal characteristics Attitude One’s outlook on life; how one reacts to a situation. Personality The visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others A person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities

SCANS Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) SCANS are various learned abilities to perform tasks or duties of various occupations

SCANS SCANS' Five Competencies *Resources: Identifies, organizes, plans, and allocates resources *Interpersonal: Works with others Information: Acquires and evaluates information Systems: Understands complex interrelationships Technology: Works with a variety of technologies A Three-Part Foundation of SCANS Skills and Personal Qualities Basic Skills: Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens, and speaks Thinking Skills: Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, knows how to learn, and reasons Personal Qualities: Responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self- management, integrity, and honesty

SCANS Basic Skills Reading - Locates, understands and interprets written information in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules Writing - Communicates thoughts, ideas, information and messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, reports and graphs Mathematics - Performs basic computations by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques Listening - Receives, interprets, and responds to verbal messages Speaking - Organizes ideas and communicates orally

SCANS Thinking Skills Creative Thinking - Generates new ideas Decision Making - Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternatives Problem Solving - Recognizes problems, devises and implements plan of action Visualization - Organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects and other information Knowing How To Learn - Uses learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills Reasoning - Identifies principals underlying the relationship between two or more objectives and applies it in solving a problem

SCANS Personality Qualities Responsibility - Displays high standards in approaching and completing tasks Self-Esteem - Believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self Sociability - Demonstrates understanding and courtesy to others Self-Management - Sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control Honesty/Integrity - Chooses ethical courses of action

SCANS Resources Time - Identifies activities, prioritizes, allocates time, and prepares and follows schedules Money - Uses or prepares budgets, keeps records, and makes adjustments to meet objectives Materials and Facilities - Acquires, stores, allocates and uses materials or space efficiently Human Resources - Assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performance and provides feedback

SCANS Interpersonal Social Skills - Team member - contributes to group effort Teaches Others New Skills - Helps others learn Serves Clients/Customers - Works to satisfy customers’ expectations Exercises Leadership - Communicates ideas, persuades others, responsibly challenges existing procedures and policies Negotiates - Works toward agreements involving diverse interests Works with Diversity - Respects differences

Abilities Natural or acquired skills or talents describe a person Ex) Dexterity skill using the hands or body

Interest Inventory A periodic survey of a person’s interests. Designed to help people match their interests with occupational, educational and leisure pursuits From an Interesting Inventory, you can learn if someone likes to: Work with other people Work outside Work with their hands

Positive self-concept vs. Poor self-concept Self-concept is how people view their own skills, interests, and competence level. Positive (Healthy) Self-Concept Know what their strengths and abilities are and develop and use these to achieve worthwhile goals. They also acknowledge their weaknesses without putting themselves down because of them, and work to overcome and master these A person will positive self-concept can easily over-come self- doubt Poor Self-Concept The person who is usually conceited, arrogant or proud is covering up a poor self-concept A person with poor self-concept is usually afraid of failure and displeasing people

Different Types of Learners Verbal-Linguistic: This intelligence relates to language, spoken and written. Logical-Mathematical: This intelligence relates to numbers, patterns, and inductive and deductive thinking. Visual-Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and internal mental images. Bodily-Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and awareness of the body and its movement and abilities. Musical: This intelligence relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns. Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation to other people. Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and awareness, and metacognition. (Learning at their own pace). Naturalist: This intelligence relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals.