Self-Awareness

Self-awareness is the ability to think about yourself. Once students examine their thoughts, feelings, and actions they can set meaningful goals as well as choose appropriate supports. Self-awareness also helps students match their strengths and interests with courses, jobs, leadership opportunities, and leisure activities (Grote, Trusty, Chae & Bakley, 2014). As they learn the benefits of self-study, students can make active examination an ongoing process.

Outcomes

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

Define the college and career competency of self-awareness.
Explain the need to be open to new experiences and also engage in self-assessment and reflection to become more self-aware.
Develop a self-awareness instructional plan that incorporates self-inventories, questioning, and other strategies.