The Johari Window is named after the first names of its founder, Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham. It is a useful framework for exploring and extending our self-awareness. It will help us to recognize our own strengths and weaknesses both in terms of our own perceptions of ourselves and how other people perceive us. I would rather like to associate it with my job as a teacher as it may help me to improve my learning and teaching activities.
1-Public Self (Public Arena): This is our public front, the one we show to our students and our colleagues. How do you come across? Have you ever asked for any feedback? first impressions can particularly important here.
2-Private Self (The Blind Spot): Sometimes other people will see you differently from the way you see yourself and you may be unaware of this. Check how others see you can give you useful information to make an improvement.
3-Hidden Self (The Private You): There are something you naturally wish to keep to yourself, particularly in a work context. However, if you are too much of a closed book, other people may see you as unwelcoming or disapproving. Equally, being inappropriately open can unsettle a working relationship.
4-Unknown Self (Area of Potential): This is the are of unknown potential. The aim must be to increase your self knowledge and reduce this hidden area.
