Self-evaluation and self-knowledge of early childhood education students as perceived by teachers

Abstract

Self-knowledge and self-esteem are important components of personality. They are formed during the acquisition of experience and self-knowledge as part of the social-emotional development of each person. Self-knowledge and self-esteem are aspects that influence each other. This article is an attempt to answer the question: what is the level of self-knowledge and self-esteem of third-grade elementary school students as perceived by their teachers? The study of this area seems to be particularly important for two reasons, firstly – taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting long isolation of children at home, and secondly – the media reality, in which even the youngest children are increasingly immersed. The study involved 190 third-grade pupils from elementary school in Podkarpackie voivodship. The following areas were diagnosed: coping strategies, coping with assessment, self-knowledge, self-evaluation, internal motivation and localization of control.