Children's Feelings About Themselves. Unit for Child Studies Selected Papers Number 1 [microform] / Chris Maron
- Bib ID:
- 5400486
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Maron, Chris
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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A positive self-concept is important for all children. Parents can assess their children's feelings about themselves and improve their children's self-respect. Feelings about the self are important because they affect children's success, sense of worth, ability to love others and to learn. Adults may inadvertently undermine a child's self-esteem so that he/she does not have sufficient ego strength for taking the risks inherent in learning. Questionnaires can be used by parents to gain a more detailed understanding of a child's identity. After the level of the child's self-concept has been ascertained, many types of activity can be employed to raise the self-respect of a child who has a low self-concept. In an atmosphere of trust, teachers and parents may explore the outcomes of the following games and activities: (1) providing a personal time line on which children may record personal experiences on cards clipped to the line; (2) sharing success symbols such as photos or certificates, (3) organizing games in which children detect detracting or enhancing speech; (4) emphasizing children's strengths; (5) facilitating a positive body image; (6) aiding in the setting of attainable goals; (7) becoming aware of speech habits (for example, the over use of "should,") that diminish children's sense of self-worth; and (8) increasing children's awareness of others' perspectives through role play and role reversals. (Author/RH)
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- Availability: Unit for Child Studies, School of Education, University of NSW, P.O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia ($2.00; payment should be made in Australian dollars).
- ERIC Note: For other papers in this series, see PS 012 278-285.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- New South Wales Univ., Kensington (Australia). School of Education
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