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Evidence: Making a Change

A. Writing tour Biography: Think about your life and select the most relevant moments you want to share. You can find an example in the training material.
Daniel Goleman
Before writing your biography, apply the following checklist. (Mark X) If most
Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist, researcher and writer. He was
of your answers are affirmative, you are ready to move to the next part.
born in Stockton, California on March 7th, 1946. His parents were university
professors, so he grew up in a very analytical and academic environment. Checklist Yes No
Goleman received a scholarship to attend Amherst College which is a
Can you name relevant events in your life in a chronological
prestigious institution that offers undergraduate programs that last four-
order?
years. The program he attended was very important for his career, and it
helped him to his transfer from high school to the University of California at Did you include information about your family in your
Berkeley. biography?
Did you include information about your academic
After that, Goleman returned to Amherst where he graduated magna cum background in your biography?
laude. His second scholarship was from the Ford Foundation to study at Did you include information about any other aspect in your
Harvard University. Goleman obtained his PhD from Harvard. There, he biography?
studied under the supervision of David C. McClelland. Goleman did not know Is your biography clear and concrete?
at that time that McClelland would recommend him for a job at Psychology Did you use simple tenses in contrast?
Today. It is one of the most important magazines about psychology in the
Is your life plan break into specific goals?
world. Goleman also studied in India and Sri Lanka. He was able to study
thanks to all the scholarships he received. Are you going to keep track of your progress in order to
achieve your life plan?
Goleman wrote his first book about his time in India and Sri Lanka. In 1970 he Do you have a period of time to reach your life plan?
returned to Harvard as a visiting lecturer. Goldman’s theory about psychology Are you aware of all the repercussions your life plan
of consciousness was popular. In 1984, The New York Times recruited him as implies?
the editor for the behavior science and brain section. In 1995, he published Can you identify the most urgent activities to achieve your
his book Emotional Intelligence. It is the most important book about the topic life plan?
and it is also a best-seller.
Are you good at managing time?
Do you learn new things in an autonomous manner?
Goleman co-founded the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional
Learning at Yale University's Child Studies Center. Nowadays, Goleman co- Are you able to identify opportunities?
directs the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Will you be responsible for the resulting consequences of
Organizations at Rutgers University. He also manages the Mind & Life your life plan?
Institute.

Have you ever wondered about the decisions you have made? We need to here is the material for this Unit:
stop once in a while and think about our past, where we are now and where https://sena.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/institution/SENA/Idiomas/51250
our decisions are going to take us. Read the following questions and answers 029/Contenido/DocArtic/Material_To_be_or_not_to_be.pdf
about Daniel Goldman’s biography.

Your Biography HERE

 2. Evidence: My life plan
For this evidence, you have to make a list of your long term plans and set short term goals to reach them.
Mínimo 8 acciones en el future y 3 acciones para logra esos planes

This is an example: Write your plans HERE

My life plan is ambitious. I am going to study at the university one day.
I will travel abroad and I am going to buy a house. In order to achieve
my dreams I have to: get up early and study hard, save money, get a
better job, know more about other cultures and keep a positive attitude
every day

Criterios de evaluación
 Planea situaciones estableciendo parámetros con criterios de responsabilidad y productividad en los contextos requeridos.
 Expresa ideas sobre productividad y responsabilidad usando el vocabulario requerido.
 Planea situaciones estableciendo parámetros con criterios de responsabilidad y productividad en los contextos requeridos.
 Expresa ideas sobre productividad y responsabilidad usando el vocabulario requerido.