TY - JOUR
T1 - Justified self-esteem
AU - Kristjánsson, K.
N1 - Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/5/1
Y1 - 2007/5/1
N2 - This paper develops a thread of argument from previous contributions to this journal by Richard Smith and Ruth Cigman about the educational salience of self-esteem. It is argued - contra Smith and Cigman - that the social science conception of self-esteem does serve a useful educational function, most importantly in undermining the inflated self-help conception of self-esteem that has commonly been transposed to the educational arena. Recent findings about a lack of significant correlation between low global self-esteem and relevant educational variables help us to focus on the type of self-esteem that does matter in the classroom: justified domain-specific self-esteem, in which the chief domains in question are the school subjects and students' self-respect. Moreover, this paper suggests that low self-confidence - which is a real problem for many students - may often be mistaken for low self-esteem.
AB - This paper develops a thread of argument from previous contributions to this journal by Richard Smith and Ruth Cigman about the educational salience of self-esteem. It is argued - contra Smith and Cigman - that the social science conception of self-esteem does serve a useful educational function, most importantly in undermining the inflated self-help conception of self-esteem that has commonly been transposed to the educational arena. Recent findings about a lack of significant correlation between low global self-esteem and relevant educational variables help us to focus on the type of self-esteem that does matter in the classroom: justified domain-specific self-esteem, in which the chief domains in question are the school subjects and students' self-respect. Moreover, this paper suggests that low self-confidence - which is a real problem for many students - may often be mistaken for low self-esteem.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2007.00556.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2007.00556.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548383510
SN - 0309-8249
VL - 41
SP - 247
EP - 261
JO - Journal of Philosophy of Education
JF - Journal of Philosophy of Education
IS - 2
ER -