Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our discussion with Anastasiya Lipnevich about her article
"Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?"

To read the article, go to:
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1105 

See below for the discussion questions, and we open the floor for
comments, questions and thoughts!

All the best,
Julie
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Discussion Questions for "Low Self-Esteem: Myth or Reality?

1.  How much do you and your programs presume low self-esteem among
your
learners? 
2.  How do you think this presumption affects the delivery of
education
to adult learners? 
3.  The findings of this study may conflict with some people's notions
of adult learners. How does this article affect your thoughts about
the
self-esteem of learners in your program?
4.  How might you adjust your teaching or delivery of services if your
learners had a higher self-esteem than you thought?
5.  There was some discussion of science's ability to "understand the
human mind", and of the validity of research on a concept such as
self-esteem. It is a broad and variably-defined concept, which may be
affected by many external factors related to one's situation in life.
How do we, as consumers of research, handle this question? 
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Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org