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Teaching is a rewarding, yet demanding profession, one in which a person needs to be fully prepared. This book focuses on the applied psychological skills, strategies, and resources, which will help to ensure teachers are equipped with personal and professional expertise to survive in the classroom. Readily accessible to a wide audience, including internationally, the book assumes no prior knowledge of psychology. The authors give specific examples taken from a diverse range of professional situations with relevant theoretical underpinnings.
I Can't Do It! Confidence and Self-Esteem
I Can't Do It! Confidence and Self-Esteem
Chapter Contents Page
- Introduction 49
- Chapter Objectives 49
- What is Self-Confidence? 49
- Strategies for Enhancing Self-Confidence 52
- Performance Accomplishments: Assess Your Performance 52
- Vicarious Experience: Learning from others 53
- Verbal Persuasion: Providing Encouragement 54
- Physiological Arousal 55
- Symptoms Associated with Reduced Self-Confidence, and Overcoming Them 55
- Negative Emotions 56
- Reduced Concentration 56
- Reduced Effort 57
- Inappropriate Goals 57
- Inappropriate Teaching Strategies 57
- Interrupted ‘Momentum’ 58
- Summary of Assessing and Improving Self-Confidence 58
- Ritual or Routine? 59
- One-Minute Summary 60
- Short-Term Strategies for the Here and Now 61
- Mentoring Issues 61
- Further Reading 61
Introduction
Self-confidence is that elusive, magical ingredient that gives us supremacy over our thoughts, actions and, ultimately, our performances. When self-confidence is high, it seems that nobody else can teach as effectively as us. In contrast, when self-confidence is low our ...
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