ork on the concept of grit and her exploration of self-control, mindset, motivation, and character have ... Likert-type survey that assessed perseverance and self-reported consistency of interests and perseveranc...
* Duckworth, A. L., & Seligman, M. E. (2005). Self-discipline outdoes IQ in predicting academic perf... rs. Teachers College Record, 116(3), 1–27.
==== Self-control ====
When long-term goals clash with sho
on of thought, nature, and history toward greater self-understanding. Though the labels //thesis–antithe... istory evolve through contradiction toward fuller self-realization. Applied to education, the dialectic ... s the concept of //Geist// (Spirit or Mind) — the self-knowing, self-realising whole of which all reality is a manifestation. Hegel held that "the ultimate es
hout his career, Rogers focused on the concept of self-actualization, the process by which individuals s... therapist's role is to facilitate this process of self-discovery.
==== Self-Actualization ====
Central to Rogers' approach is the concept of self-actualization, the innate drive within individual
called the Children's Republic — a democratically self-governed institution whose parliament, court of p... thoughts, identities, and rights. This may appear self-evident in retrospect, but in the early twentieth... of what the child should become.
==== Democratic Self-Governance at Dom Sierot ====
Korczak put his ph... ildren must be helped to develop the capacity for self-regulation, for communicating with others, and fo
gn of educational environments that promote deep, self-regulated understanding.
===== Key Contributions... nitor, and control their own learning processes — self-regulating their study activities or relying on e... ies (relating, structuring, critical reflection), self-regulates her study activities, conceives of lear... it in professional contexts — and shows moderate self-regulation with a concrete, use-oriented concepti
mpanions for several years before concluding that self-mortification, like self-indulgence, led only to further suffering rather than liberation. After accept... in fundamental ignorance about the nature of the self and of phenomena. The Third Truth, //nirodha//, a... tence: //anicca// (impermanence), //anatta// (non-self or absence of a fixed, independent self), and //d
usive and equitable educational experience.
==== Self-work and Reflection ====
Bettina Love's contributions on self-work and reflection in education emphasize the im... g in introspection, personal growth, and critical self-awareness to address issues of equity, justice, a... 's work encourages educators to engage in ongoing self-reflection to confront and challenge their prejud
d and arranged to support children's spontaneous, self-directed learning. The environment is characteris... ly prepared one releases capacities for focus and self-regulation that conventional schooling rarely wit... ==== Executive Functioning and the Development of Self-Regulation ====
Contemporary neuroscience has pr... ribed as the cultivation of //auto-education// or self-education — places the development of self-regula
omposed the reflective autobiography //Tự Phán// (Self-Judgment) — one of the foundational texts of mode... but the cultivation of active citizens capable of self-governance.
* Phan Bội Châu. (2018). //Overtur... ve all, that the colonised were not yet ready for self-governance — and that historical consciousness wa... erosion of the national character — the habits of self-respect, civic responsibility, physical vigour, a
n. She advocates for a feminist praxis that seeks self-recovery through oppositional worldviews, literac... , Hooks calls for a radical transformation of the self and the oppressive structures embedded in society... here individuals can engage in critical thinking, self-reflection, and dialogue to challenge oppressive ... nnection and empathy among students. By promoting self-actualization and self-awareness, she believes th
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Neill's emphasis on children's freedom and self-governance challenged traditional notions of educ... of Summerhill School as a child-centered school: "Self-government for the pupils and staff, freedom to g... s among children, promoting emotional freedom and self-expression.
**5. Inspiring Emotional Intelligenc... hildren, leading to a lack of personal growth and self-expression.
**4. Character Molding:** Neill reje
cs of dispossession: The struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969–1994. Vintage.
* Said, E. W... Said described the pedagogical task as inherently self-undercutting: the teacher must teach the material... rned from, and then criticized from within.
**3. Self-undercutting authority:** performing expertise wh... cs of dispossession: The struggle for Palestinian self-determination, 1969–1994. Vintage.
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his liberal commitments to individual freedom and self-governance, and some aspects of his theory of edu... viduals cannot unlock the capacity for autonomous self-expression that Mill regarded as the defining cha... aint), which enables positive freedom (autonomous self-expression). Education is therefore simultaneousl... he more effectively citizens practised democratic self-governance, Mill believed, the better they became
fe, Franklin was a strong advocate for education, self-improvement, and civic engagement. His writings, ... ical value but also for the lessons it imparts on self-improvement, civic responsibility, and the pursui... s part emphasizes the importance of libraries and self-improvement. It highlights Franklin's belief in t... to its readers. It reflected Franklin's values of self-improvement, frugality, and industry, making it a
orker whose exhaustion leaves no remainder of the self, of the slave, of the colonised person stripped o... in the ordinary sense; it is a form of receptive, self-emptying orientation toward the other — toward a ... sian elites.
==== The Ethics of Teaching and the Self-Effacement of the Educator ====
Weil's broader ethics of self-renunciation — her insistence that genuine love r
