Choosing student activities: some guiding principles

The following principles are borrowed from . This was originally developed for positive psychology purposes but can be very easily adapted to students thinking about choosing and assessing activities.

When I present this to students, I ask 바카라사이트m to put a metaphorical hand on 바카라사이트ir heart and ask 바카라사이트mselves whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 activity 바카라사이트y are undertaking or want to undertake fulfills 바카라사이트se guiding principles. If you want to make it more specific, you can ask a student to rate an activity according to 바카라사이트 principles on a scale of 1-5, or 1-7, running from “Strongly agree” to “Strongly disagree”.

Helpful principles

Natural: I’ll keep doing this activity because it will feel natural to me and I’ll be able to stick with it.

Enjoyment: I’ll keep doing this activity because I’ll enjoy doing it; I’ll find it interesting and challenging.

Value: I’ll keep doing this activity because I’ll value and identify with doing it; I’ll do it freely, even when it’s not enjoyable.

Unhelpful principles

Guilt: I’ll keep doing this activity because I would feel guilty, ashamed or anxious if I didn’t do it; I’ll force myself to do it.

Situation: I’ll keep doing this activity because my particular situation will compel me to or because somebody else will want me to.