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Challenging the Cult of Self-Esteem in Education: Education, Psychology, and the Subaltern Self

Challenging the Cult of Self-Esteem in Education: Education, Psychology, and the Subaltern Self

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Series: Routledge Research in Educational Psychology

General Education

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ISBN10: 0367887541
ISBN13: 9780367887544
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 10 2019
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In this book, Bergeron demonstrates the negative emotional and pedagogical repercussions that result from American educators' embrace of self-esteem and the dogma surrounding its acceptance. Critically interpreting the meaning of self-esteem in education, he challenges common sense assumptions surrounding this notion and questions the historical, political, philosophical, and pedagogical forces that have shaped this psychological construct in education. Interrogating the pedagogical practices linked to student empowerment, self-determination, and social agency in the classroom, Bergeron discusses the ways in which the promise of self-esteem has backfired, particularly for marginalized and impoverished students.

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