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Katz, Lilian – Instructor, 1987
Educators often cause children to behave as though they understand something they don't, denigrating their own questions and conceptions. In an attempt to increase their self-esteem, educators often turn children's attention inward and cause them to be self-absorbed. (MT)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Self Esteem
