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Created: April 18, 2001
Latest update: April 18, 2001
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- Burkholdt Associates' Article With suggested discussion questions.
- Kimberly Spencer's Comments
- Araceli Mark's Comments Reference to Henry and Milovanovic.
Transforming Discourse on Self Esteem in the Academy
Review Essay by Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata
Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata, and Individual Contributors, April 2001.
"Fair Use" encouraged.The Self Esteem Advisory Service, Buckholdt Associates, UK, sent out an alert today to new material. One of their associates posts on the Peace and Education Commission list, and I located them through that source. As I checked quickly through the the SEAS site, I came across an article by Elizabeth Morris.I would like you to read the article and consider the extent to which it applies to all of us, children and adults alike. How are you intelligent? How do we in the university reward that intelligence and nurture it? How do we continue to reward and nurture such intelligence after you graduate?
Whose intelligence do you depend on? In what ways? How do each of the persons whose intelligence matters to you show their intelligence? Not their incompetence. Not their sociability. Their intelligence. Have you ever thought of your supervisor in terms of his/her intelligence in a positive, peacemaking way? How easy is is to dismiss an intelligence that doesn't meet our expectations.
This article could suggest some strong essays for our essay exam.
On Tuesday, May 1, 2001, Kimberly Spencer wrote:
Jeanne,In class you asked us what we thought of our own intelligence, I think very highly of my intelligence, because I have worked hard at obtaining my level of intelligence. A few years ago I wrote a paper on intelligence and I think that intelligence is more than one thing.
My feelings on intelligence can be innate within us like people who are born geniuses, such as Mozart, or it can be attained academically, or it can be gained through life experiences. I feel that when a person is a well rounded person they will use a little bit of intellegence of each category. Most poeple are not lucky enough to be born rich or skilled, so to be successful we have to use the intelliegence we have acquired throughout our lifetime.
On Tuesday, May 1, 2001, jeanne responded:
Good, Kimberly. I'm glad to have your response. I see from this that you, too, believe that there are many intelligences. J.P. Guilford spoke of 120 different measurable intelligences. Araceli Mark speaks of eight multiple intelligences. Others, speak as you have, of three. No matter what scheme we choose theoretically, those of us who are concerned with alterity and equality of access tend to see intelligence as complex and interdependent with the infrastructure within which we find ourselves.But this article on self-esteem has made me recognize the extent to which we can make the climate of learning in which we study one that can promote a sense of self esteem about who we are and about our intelligence. Although you assure me of your pride and certainty in your intelligence, now go back and give me some incidents about how you developed that self knowledge.
And how do you impart that kind of self esteem to others in your life?
love and peace, jeanne