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*belief in one's own competence.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/emotion_esteem.shtml "Self-esteem" Mental/Emotional Health at BBC Health; accessed 24 December 2007]</ref> | *belief in one's own competence.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/emotion_esteem.shtml "Self-esteem" Mental/Emotional Health at BBC Health; accessed 24 December 2007]</ref> | ||
| − | [[Liberal]] educators often disconnect self-esteem from achievement, focusing more on developing self-esteem than on actually ensuring their students actually learn anything. The problem with self-esteem is that it teaches people to be proud of yourself for nothing. <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/why-self-esteem-is-self-defeating/</ref> This results in the pursuit of [[mediocrity]]. Liberal educators commonly adopt [[politically correct]] policies in their classrooms in order to protect the self-esteem of women, minorities,<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-asks-public-schools-to-ingore-bad-behavoir-by-black-students "Barack Obama's "African American Education Initiative" creates a new Federal bureaucracy. One of its goals will be to stop disciplinary action against black public school students who misbehave."</ref> and other groups. However, a study conducted by the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem found that higher self-esteem doesn't correspond with higher intellectual performance. Also, having higher self-esteem doesn't produce correct moral outcomes such as lowered teen pregnancy or reduced delinquency.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1024/p09s01-coop.html Education's self-esteem hoax] (Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2002)</ref> | + | [[Liberal]] educators often disconnect self-esteem from [[achievement]] (See also: [[Achievement orientation]]), focusing more on developing self-esteem than on actually ensuring their students actually learn anything. The problem with self-esteem is that it teaches people to be proud of yourself for nothing. <ref>https://www.prageru.com/video/why-self-esteem-is-self-defeating/</ref> This results in the pursuit of [[mediocrity]]. Liberal educators commonly adopt [[politically correct]] policies in their classrooms in order to protect the self-esteem of women, minorities,<ref>http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-asks-public-schools-to-ingore-bad-behavoir-by-black-students "Barack Obama's "African American Education Initiative" creates a new Federal bureaucracy. One of its goals will be to stop disciplinary action against black public school students who misbehave."</ref> and other groups. However, a study conducted by the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem found that higher self-esteem doesn't correspond with higher intellectual performance. Also, having higher self-esteem doesn't produce correct moral outcomes such as lowered teen pregnancy or reduced delinquency.<ref>[https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1024/p09s01-coop.html Education's self-esteem hoax] (Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2002)</ref> |
Revision as of 20:21, February 10, 2024
Self-esteem is a psychological term describing the state of having in oneself:
- a positive attitude
- Self-worth (As far as self-worth, Christians and Jews believe that mankind was made in image of God (Genesis 1:27) and they believe in the fall of man).[1] Furthermore, Christians also believe that once one becomes a Christian, they are a new creation in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).[2][3]
- belief in one's own abilities[4] See: Self-efficacy.
- belief in one's own competence.[5]
Liberal educators often disconnect self-esteem from achievement (See also: Achievement orientation), focusing more on developing self-esteem than on actually ensuring their students actually learn anything. The problem with self-esteem is that it teaches people to be proud of yourself for nothing. [6] This results in the pursuit of mediocrity. Liberal educators commonly adopt politically correct policies in their classrooms in order to protect the self-esteem of women, minorities,[7] and other groups. However, a study conducted by the California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem found that higher self-esteem doesn't correspond with higher intellectual performance. Also, having higher self-esteem doesn't produce correct moral outcomes such as lowered teen pregnancy or reduced delinquency.[8]
Educators in California believed that programs designed to increase young students' self-esteem would lead to increases in academic achievement. However, they did not bother to check this assumption. Martin Seligman criticized them for this:
- Seligman says self-esteem is a byproduct of competence, and that attempts to increase competence by buoying self-esteem are not just ineffective but even counterproductive. (Others have noted that juvenile delinquents and dropouts have higher-that-average self-esteem.)
See also
- Teacup Generation
- Generation X - the children of the Baby boomers
- Education
- Public school values
- Professor values
- Public schools in the United States
- Family - Homeschooling
References
- ↑ Man as the Image of God
- ↑ 7 Benefits of Being a New Creation in Christ
- ↑ New Creation in Christ
- ↑ Traditional social-psychiatric theory argues that productive people will enjoy life, feel good about themselves, earn the respect of friends and co-workers, and feel connected with their families and society. Paul Cameron, Ph. D.
- ↑ "Self-esteem" Mental/Emotional Health at BBC Health; accessed 24 December 2007
- ↑ https://www.prageru.com/video/why-self-esteem-is-self-defeating/
- ↑ http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-asks-public-schools-to-ingore-bad-behavoir-by-black-students "Barack Obama's "African American Education Initiative" creates a new Federal bureaucracy. One of its goals will be to stop disciplinary action against black public school students who misbehave."
- ↑ Education's self-esteem hoax (Christian Science Monitor, October 24, 2002)