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Personal Development and Mutual Understanding

Unit 1

Rationale and Overview

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Learning Intentions

• To understand the place and rationale for Personal Development and Mutual Understanding (PD&MU) in the Revised Curriculum

• To consider the challenges facing children

• To consider how we can use PD&MU to prepare children for these challenges

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How Is PD&MU Structured?

Strand 1Personal Understanding

and Health

Strand 2Mutual Understanding in

the Local and Wider Community

Themes• self-awareness

• feelings and emotions

• learning to learn

• health and safety

• relationships• responsibilities• approaches to conflict• similarities and

differences• community involvement

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Supports the Revised Curriculum’s aim:‘to empower young people to achieve their potential and to makeinformed and responsible choices and decisions throughout theirlives.’

Supports the Revised Curriculum’s objectives:

• to develop the young person as an individual;

• to develop the young person as a contributor to society; and

• to develop the young person as a contributor to the economy and environment.

PD&MU and The Big Picture

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Young Person’s Plea: ‘How is what I am learning at school todaygoing to be helpful to me now or in the future?’

Young people want to study issues that are:

• relevant;

• allow time for self;

• use active approaches; and

• encourage questioning in a safe environment.

Why Introduce PD&MU?

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Society’s Challenge

In today’s society young people face increasing:

• personal dilemmas;• social dilemmas;• moral dilemmas;• teenage pregnancies;• alcohol abuse; and• drug abuse.


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Society’s Challenge cont.

We need to prepare our young people for adult life in a challenging

society. Young people must:

• meet the responsibilities of parenting with changing family patterns;

• sustain independent living;

• accept and respond constructively to learning as a lifelong process;


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Society’s Challenge cont.

• accept and respond constructively to learning as a lifelong process;

• sustain independent living; and

• meet the challenges and opportunities that cultural diversity and inclusion represent.


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Employer’s Challenge

Employers are concerned with young people’s knowledge and:

• how they interact with others;

• how they acquire and manage information; and

• how they apply knowledge to solve problems and manage situations.


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Employer’s Challenge

• Ability to manage information

• Thinking, problem-solving, decision-making skills

• Flexibility

• Resourcefulness


• Self-management

• Communication skills

• Ability to work as part of a team

• Willingness to learn new skills

• Tolerance of change

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Activity 1

How the Revised Curriculum Develops Young People

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‘The Northern Ireland Curriculum aims to empower young people to achieve their potential and to make informed and responsible decisions throughout their lives.’

In groups, discuss what do children need to develop as:

•an individual (Group 1);

•a contributor to society (Group 2); and

•a contributor to the economy and environment (Group 3).

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Personal understanding

Mutual understanding

Personal health

Moral character

Spiritual awareness

Citizenship

Cultural understanding

Media awareness

Ethical awareness

Employability

Economic awareness

Education for sustainable development

Key Elements

To develop the young person as an

individual

To develop the young person as a

contributor to society

To develop the young person as a

contributor to the economy &

environment

Curriculum Objectives

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Our Challenge

• Make a meaningful connection with young people

• Help young people improve academic performance

• Help children at our school make informed choices

• Deter young people from engaging in risky behaviours including the use of alcohol and illegal drugs, early sexual activity and violence

Summary

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Our Challenge cont.

• Help our pupils to develop as individuals and members of society

• Provide our pupils with the adaptability, knowledge, understanding and skills to cope with life and work in the 21st century

• Help young people recognise the importance of equality, tolerance and human rights in their society

• Play an active role in building a stronger, more stable society in Northern Ireland.

Summary

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