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Topic 8: Guiding Children Toward A Healthy Sense of Self and Self-Esteem

This document discusses guiding children towards healthy self-esteem. It defines self-concept as beliefs about oneself, including academic performance, gender roles, and identity. Self-esteem means valuing yourself as a person. Adults can help children's self-esteem by praising their abilities, encouraging new skills, giving choices, and allowing independence. Teachers specifically should develop personal relationships with students, focus on positives in evaluations, have positive expectations, and act as positive role models.

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Topic 8: Guiding Children Toward A Healthy Sense of Self and Self-Esteem

This document discusses guiding children towards healthy self-esteem. It defines self-concept as beliefs about oneself, including academic performance, gender roles, and identity. Self-esteem means valuing yourself as a person. Adults can help children's self-esteem by praising their abilities, encouraging new skills, giving choices, and allowing independence. Teachers specifically should develop personal relationships with students, focus on positives in evaluations, have positive expectations, and act as positive role models.

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TOPIC 8

Guiding Children toward a Healthy Sense of Self and Self-


Esteem
B Y T H E E N D O F TH I S TO P I C , Y O U S H O U LD BE A BL E
TO :

• Define self-concept and self-esteem;


• Explain the importance of high self-esteem in children;
• Discuss how social interaction affects the development of self- esteem;
• Describe how adults promote childrenÊs self-esteem; and
• Identify examples of specific adult practices that affect a childÊs self- esteem.
SELF CONCEPT

• A collection of beliefs about oneself that includes elements such as academic


performance gender roles and sexuality, and racial identity.
SIX DOMAINS RELATED TO SELF
CONCEPT

• Social – the ability to interact with others;


• Competence – the ability to meet basic needs;
• Affect – awareness of emotional states;
• Physical – feelings about looks, health, physical condition and overall
appearance;
• Academic – success or failure in school; and
• Family – how well one functions within the family unit.
SELF ESTEEM

• means valuing yourself as a person


HOW ADULT CAN HELP?

• Praised for what they can do, not criticised for what they cannot do;
• Encouraged to develop new skills;
• Given choices, for examples, children can choose the clothes they wear or toys
that they want to play;
• Encouraged to discuss their feelings and express their ideas; and
• Given minimum assistance, thus allowing them to feel that they have control
over their own activities
TECHNIQUES INCREASING SELF
ESTEEM

• Teachers should develop a personal relationship with each pupil;


• Teachers should focus on the positive, rather than the negative during the learning
evaluation process. Teachers should praise a pupilÊs hard work and gently point out
areas where improvement is needed;
• Teachers should develop positive expectations about a pupil's behaviour;
• Teachers should facilitate, rather than direct, the selection and choice of options. Pupils
should have a choice in some of the things they are required to do; and
• Teachers should establish positive role models for pupils to emulate. Teachers cannot
demand that their pupils act a certain way and then act differently.
GUIDE SELF ESTEEM

• Adopt an authoritative care by giving style


• Parents and teachers are most likely to help children develop healthy self-
esteem when they use a mixture of acceptance, affection, expectations and
limits on children's behaviour and effort.
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• Other practices that guide towards healthy and balanced self-esteem:
• Plan appropriate activities that focus on self-esteem;
• Acknowledge pleasant and unpleasant feelings
• Demonstrate respect for all family groups and cultures. Avoid sexism and judging
physical attributes; and
• Teach specific social skills.

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