Do Aboriginal Pupils have Negative Self-Concepts?

1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Chadbourne

In this article I would like to question one of the explanations offered to help account for the relatively low academic achievement of Aboriginal pupils, namely that they are handicapped by negative self-concepts. The connection between self-concept and school success itself seems plausible enough. For instance, students with negative self-concepts may tend to adopt low occupational horizons which, in turn, can undermine one type of motivation for academic achievement. Similarly, if pupils perceive schooling as a race then lack of self-confidence could lead them to take the attitude, “Why bother, I’m not good enough to win a place to university anyway.” Moreover, as Jackson (1960) points out, classrooms are very judgmental places where the behaviour and work of children is constantly evaluated by teachers and peers. As a result in many learning situations the student “is risking error, judgment, disapproval, censure, rejection and, in extreme cases, even punishment” (Canfield and Wells, 1976:7). If insecure and defensive, pupils may find such an atmosphere very threatening and consequently be inhibited by a fear of failure. Also, it may be suggested, unless children are self-sufficient they may experience difficulty coping with cold, distant, formal teacher-pupil relationships.What is more open to dispute, however, is whether or not Aboriginal children have negative self-concepts. Fanshawe (1976) observes that there is insufficient experimental data to enable this issue to be resolved conclusively on empirical grounds. And within the literature on the education of socially disadvantaged children there are opposing views that can be related to differences in ideology.

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne I. Wijtzes ◽  
Vivian M. van de Gaar ◽  
Amy van Grieken ◽  
Marlou L.A. de Kroon ◽  
Johan P. Mackenbach ◽  
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1968 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 327-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas P. Howard

It was hypothesized in this study that there would be significant differences between perceptions of socially disadvantaged and other student and teacher groups on each subtest of the SRA Junior Inventory. Although the hypothesis was rejected, it was found that teachers have a better understanding of the needs and problems of disadvantaged youth than might be expected. Teachers, however, differed markedly with students by suggesting that the home rather than the school was the source of student frustration. Other discrepancies are noted, and implications are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
D. Bachyncova Giertliova

The paper discusses and summarizes the knowledge in the field of education of socially disadvantaged children with an em- phasis on the Roma ethnic group in Slovakia. It focuses on the issue of pre-primary education of these children and points to the specifics that have a negative impact on the adaptation to the school educational process. The paper addresses the risk aspects of poverty, social exclusion, child development and the need for early intervention for families with children. Further- more, in the article we focus on the support of children at the community level and on possible forms of aid that can help to achieve a more favorable development of the overall Roma family within specific projects. We also deal with early care, which is very important for the bio-psycho-social development of children and youth.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Sassi

Abstract The STOP project aims at expanding and consolidating the multi-disciplinary evidence base upon which effective and sustainable policies can be built to prevent and manage childhood obesity. STOP also aims at creating the conditions for evidence to translate into policy and for policy to translate into impacts on the ground. The primary focus of STOP is on the cumulative impacts of multiple and synergistic exposures in vulnerable and socially disadvantaged children and their families, which must be a priority target for the fight against childhood obesity in Europe to reach a tipping point and succeed. STOP will identify critical stages in childhood at which interventions can be most effective and efficient. STOP is covering the whole umbrella of different research disciplines, to be able to understand and produce useful policy recommendations for complex issues such as childhood obesity. It is providing basic clinic research insights, comprehensive epidemiological data, study and overview of different public health-oriented measurements, understanding of stakeholders networking and effective communication. It builds on the observation that many interventions deployed by governments have failed to improve health-related behaviours in a sustained way over the life cycle. Little has been done to combine and triangulate different sources of biological, socio-economic and behavioural data to look at the overall, long-term consequences of an intervention on nutrition and metabolic health. Therefore, among other things, STOP focuses on the core idea that obesity has multiple and diverse characterisations, and therefore that one-size-fits-all policy approaches to childhood obesity are bound to fail, and the scientific component of the project is designed to recognise diversity and support the development of tailored solutions.


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