Re: Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality -- Adolescent Psychology Applied to Education

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Subject: Re: Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality

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Peter V.

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Date Posted: 18:30:10 02/24/08 Sun
In reply to: Patrick Frett 's message, "Self-Esteem: Perception and Reality" on 16:54:37 02/24/08 Sun

I agree with Patrick quite a bit in this. I find that academic self-esteem is really interesting and it really affects students and their teachers. One time that I often start thinking about this is when the 6 weeks grades are due. I struggle so much to know how grades should work at a struggling school where your administration really doesn't want you failing kids. I curved it too much the first six weeks because I didn't want to discourage some people, but then quite a few students figured they could pass without trying. Now, I've erred in the opposite direction and didn't give enough extra credit and differentiated assessments so that some students got discouraged because of their 2nd and 3rd 6-weeks grades. This 4th 6-weeks I tried to maintain high expectations but also provided lots of ways for struggling students to work hard and get a good grade based on effort. This, I think, has been a good thing.

I wonder if students who have lasting poor academic self-esteem could be described as being in some sort of "Identity Foreclosure." They have not recently considered the fact that they could change and be successful; at the same time they have committed and accepted their "fate" as one who struggles with schools? Can we as teachers use some techniques to cause an "academic identity crisis" in these students leading them to doubt their identity of not being "smart"?

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