10/29/21; W07 Blog: Culture and Psychology

 


The culture into which one is born has a significant effect on one's self-esteem. Self-esteem is the confidence in one's own worth or abilities, also self-respect. Everyone is born with certain talents, no matter what and in certain cultures, those talents will be exalted, and in certain cultures, those talents will be minimized or even debased. And so there may be some people who were born in the wrong culture for them. Every culture has the culturally created and the higher the correspondence, the higher the correspondence between the real self and the ought self, most likely, the higher self-esteem one will enjoy. But the lesser the correspondence between the culturally-created ought self and your real self, then it is harder to have that self-esteem.

High self-esteem is important for all people, specifically for teachers, as it gives them security, confidence through the teaching-learning process, allows you to have your own assessment, gives more value, proposes new goals, is more creative and inspires confidence and security in students, which allows you to successfully develop your work. How the teacher perceives his functions and the success of education.

The teacher has some resources to increase the student's self-esteem and also the teacher has the ability to understand and love. Exist teaching procedures that strengthen and develop self-esteem and teacher and students should practice in family, school and community.

The challenge of the school consists of educating the new generations, and self-esteem is also education. To love others it is necessary to learn to love oneself and we, as teachers have a lot to improve within the immense work of peace and love for others.


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