Identity, Values, and Strengths
Learning Competencies
By the end of this exploration, you should be able to:
- Describe personal values and ethics
- Describe your strengths
Summary
Who you are and what you bring shapes your learning journey. In a flipped classroom context you are responsible for your journey. It's also important to understand what every person is bringing. This exploration requires you to examine and reflect on your identity and start to articulate what's at the core of who you are. You will explore your values, ethics, strengths and limitations, what has shaped these, and where you could do some beneficial learning to your growth.
This will form the basis of establishing your Learning Plan.
Time Box
| Activity | Time |
|---|---|
| Gather evidence | 1-2 hours |
| Document it | 2 hours |
Follow the timebox suggestions. We know it's exciting to learn, but trust us, be wise on how deep you go. Let the learning competencies be your guide. Ask yourself if you know them.
Gather Evidence
Gather evidence to identify what your values are. The reflection asks you to examine and identify who you are at this point. This involves self evaluation and maybe seeking feedback from two or three trusted friends, family, whānau, or colleagues.
Evidence could include:
- Using a tool to help you identify and name the values most important to you
- Stories of how these values were demonstrated in practice
- A testimonial/feedback from someone
- An achievement you are proud of
- Visuals or narratives that help you describe where your values came from
- Whakataukī (proverbs) or quotes that sum up your values
- Your review of learning.
Gather evidence to identify your strengths and areas for development. Evidence could include personality or skills/capability assessment tools like:
- DOPE (4 Personality Types)
- allright.org.nz's Strengths Finder
- Big 5
Document it
Next sprint, you will publish this document as a blog post which will be visible to your cohort and Facilitator. Your blog participation counts towards your overall assessment. Until then, write your findings on a temporary document (Google docs, notepad, text edit etc.).
During this exercise we'll ask you to recall and discuss situations from your past. These do not need to be highly detailed and what you're comfortable sharing is up to you. What's important is the discussion of your values and identity. If you have any questions, chat to your Facilitator.
The aim of this blog is to reflect on your core personal values, and your strengths and limitations.
Your blog post should include the following:
Explain a situation where you have made an ethical decision. Discuss how you weighed up the values involved in that decision, the decision you made, and how you reflect on the decision now.
Describe how your culture and the people around you have influenced your values and identity.
Identify your strengths and how they will support you during your learning journey.
Evaluate your limitations in terms of your learning and career development. How might these affect your learning journey?
Share an example of when you were trying to work productively with others, but there was resistance or tension. Discuss strategies you tried at the time, how effective they were, and your reflections on what other strategies you would try now and why.