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No Cap: Unlocking The Self-Concepts Of Students To Promote Limitless Identities, Walter Lee
No Cap: Unlocking The Self-Concepts Of Students To Promote Limitless Identities, Walter Lee
South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal
If students do not perceive themselves as capable, they will likely decline opportunities that threaten their self-beliefs. This requires educators to create redefining moments for students to experience struggle in a safe environment that ultimately encourages students to remove personal limitations. When teachers are critical about ways to respond to negative, limiting self-concepts, students may conquer breakthroughs in learning. In this article, I suggest that a change in self-concept represents a change in mindset, producing significant learning outcomes. To accomplish this, I will discuss self- concept, self-efficacy, and implications on teaching, using the CARE theory of self-concept development.