Colleagues:  Read on for info on joining the discussion on self-esteem
next week on FOB.

To sign on to this discussion, go to:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Focusonbasics


Marie Cora
Assessment Discussion List Moderator


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Our discussion on the FOB article "Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?"
will be next week, September 25-29. See below for some questions to
think about. 

Link to the article (in Volume 8B)
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1105 

Discussion Questions for "Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?

1.  How much do you and your programs presume low self-esteem among your
learners? 
2.  How do you think this presumption affects the delivery of education
to adult learners? 
3.  The findings of this study may conflict with some people's notions
of adult learners. How does this article affect your thoughts about the
self-esteem of learners in your program?
4.  How might you adjust your teaching or delivery of services if your
learners had a higher self-esteem than you thought?
5.  There was some discussion of science's ability to "understand the
human mind", and of the validity of research on a concept such as
self-esteem. It is a broad and variably-defined concept, which may be
affected by many external factors related to one's situation in life.
How do we, as consumers of research, handle this question? 

I hope you can join us!

Julie


Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org