Freakin’ Out explores and applies a greater understanding of stress, by understanding the differences of eu-stress (euphoric) verses dys-stress (dysfunctional) in a highly interactive manner. The seminar incorporates various learning styles to maximise students connection and retention of the material being processed. The planned outcomes are to empower students towards greater awareness and self confidence in effectively managing their time and the stress they may/will encounter.
Freakin’ Out equips and empowers students with the following learning goals and outcomes…
STRESS:
- Understanding the make up of a ‘complete human being’ – Psyche and Soma (mind & body)
- Identifying the difference between eu-stress and dys-stress.
- Identifying how stress manifests itself differently between people.
- Identifying several practical and realistic methods for decreasing stress.
- Discussing and applying methods how stress and the effective management of it is possible within their worlds.
- Understanding the principle of serenity.
TIME:
- Recognising their commonly held attitudes towards time management.
- Understanding of the 80 / 20 principle within time management.
- Establishing a system to analyse their current use of time.
- Developing a method to compare their use of time against their desired use of time.
- Discussing and applying methods how poor time management verses effective time management is possible within their worlds.
As per the Australian National Curriculum’s Personal and Social Capabilities, students undertaking this seminar will be challenged to reflect critically on their emotional responses to challenging situations in a wide range of learning and work-related contexts; assess their strengths and challenges and devise personally appropriate strategies to achieve future success; forecast the consequences of expressing emotions inappropriately and devise measures to regulate behaviour, and; select, use and analyse strategies that assist in regulating behaviour and achieving personal and learning goals.