Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
Habits and Motivation
Understand habit formation through the cue-routine-reward loop and how to design new habits intentionally; distinguish intrinsic motivation (doing something for its own value) from extrinsic motivation (rewards/punishments) and understand when each is more effective; understand procrastination as primarily an emotion regulation problem (avoiding discomfort) rather than a time management failure; apply self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, relatedness) to boost intrinsic motivation; design environments that reduce friction for desired behaviours
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If the learner keeps meaning to do something important but finds themselves putting it off, can they explain the real reason people procrastinate — it's not laziness — and describe one practical change they could make to their environment to make starting easier?
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2 topics- Personal Goal-SettingRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 9 to 11
Advanced resilience skills depends on earlier coping strategies
- Good Stress and Bad StressRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 11 to 12
Advanced resilience skills depends on foundational advanced self-regulation
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Habits and Motivation
Ages 12 to 13 // Concept
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1 topic- Growth Through AdversityRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 13 to 14
Self-regulation mastery depends on advanced resilience skills
Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
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