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

ISBN-13: 9781138700888 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 126 str.

Kenzo Bergeron

Opis

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.

Spis treści

1. Self-Esteem as Common Sense 2. The History and Politics of Self-Esteem 3. Self-Esteem and its Colonizing Impact 4. Self-Esteem Curriculum as Epistimicides 5. An Act of Armed Love: Curriculum for Social Agency, Empowerment, and Self-Determination

O autorze

Kenzo E. Bergeron is a fifth-grade teacher at Willows Community School, California, and former researcher at Loyola Marymount University, USA.