STRENGTHENING CHILDREN’S PERSONAL IDENTITY IN THE KINDERGARTEN
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Jul 1, 2014
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self-esteem early childhood education self-assessment
Abstract
This study investigates how kindergarteners respond to learning activities aiming at strengthening their personal identity and self-esteem. In order to highlight the children’s accomplishments in various learning areas we designed and implemented a relative educational program. The main learning goal of the program was the enhancement of children’s self-image through their self-fulfillment as well as the others’ acknowledgement and respect (their classmates, parents and teacher). The qualitative data analysis reveals that kindergarteners can engage in self and peer-assessment process, they can identify their accomplishments and the strategies they apply in order to overcome their difficulties. In addition they are able to set future goals and choose the appropriate strategies. The potentials of young children revealed by the present study ought to be purposefully and thoroughly enhanced in the kindergarten schools’ everyday program, as it happens for the other learning areas.
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Βελλοπούλου (Angeliki Vellopoulou) Α., & Παπανδρέου Μ. (2014). STRENGTHENING CHILDREN’S PERSONAL IDENTITY IN THE KINDERGARTEN. Investigating the child’s World, 13, 54–63. https://doi.org/10.12681/icw.17915
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