SELF-ESTEEM MOVEMENT.
Term Paper ID:30890
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Essay Subject:
Discusses argument that developing self-esteem in children is tied to academic excellence.... More...
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3 Pages / 675 Words
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Paper Abstract:
Discusses argument that developing self-esteem in children is tied to academic excellence. Opposing view that pedagogic issues are more important. Questions whether self-esteem should be internalized in children prior to school, or if the schools should foster self-esteem. Educational self-esteem programs. Self-esteem as a good in itself.
Paper Introduction:
The self-esteem movement suggests that developing self-esteem in children is a first step in securing academic performance from those children. Counter-arguments are offered to suggest that this is a fraud and that it simply does not work. The self-esteem movement rightly notes that children need self-esteem and that many children come from homes and circumstances which prevent them from developing a proper sense of self. Building up self-esteem, so this view goes, encourages the child and so assists in the learning process. Critics charge that those who follow this route are not giving sufficient attention to other pedagogic issues and so are using feel-good remedies that do not work. In truth, developing self-esteem in children should be a good in itself, though it may be true that it does not foster academic excellence and so only has
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