Identity structures, self-conceptand education of the adolescents
(Institutul de Psihologie C. Radulescu ? Motru, Academia Româna, str. Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13, Bucuresti e-mail: euroget@yahoo.com)
Vol LIX • No. 2/2007
Cristian Vasile
Institutul de Psihologie C. Radulescu ? Motru, Academia Româna, str. Calea 13 Septembrie, nr. 13,
Bucuresti
e-mail: euroget@yahoo.com
Keywords education, identity structures, self-concept, academic self-concept, motivation.
Abstract
One of the most important activities in our life consists from learning. Almost every activity we do, all the
social rules we abide by are learned behaviors and the basis of the learning is organized by the education
process. Which part from a person will respond to this fundamental process? Most of us usually talk
about the cognitive functions in learning and education (senses, attention, memory, thinking etc.). But
also most of us usually don't talk about the identification or nonidentification of the person with the
information and patterns within the education process, about the identity structure (defined as the
structure which allow a person to be unique, to have an individual model of acting, behave and living and
containing the self as a core, surrounded by personality structure) and learning.The paper has a
psychological approach of the adolescents' educational process through the view of the individual
identity structures strictly linked with academic self-concept, achievement motivation, aspirations and
expectations.
Rezumat
Una dintre cele mai importante activitati din viata noastra consta din învatare. Aproape orice activitate
pe care o realizam, toate regulile sociale pe care ne bazam sunt comportamente învatate, iar baza
învatarii este organizata de procesul educational. Care parte dintr-o persoana raspunde acestui proces
fundamental? Cei mai multi dintre noi vorbesc, de obicei, despre functiile cognitive implicate în învatare
si educatie (simturi, atentie, memorie, gândire etc.). Dar, de asemenea, multi dintre noi nu vorbesc
despre identificarea sau nonidentificarea unei persoane cu informatiile si modelele din cadrul procesului
educational, despre structura de identitate (structura care îi permite unei persoane sa fie unica, sa
actioneze, sa se comporte si sa traiasca dupa un model individual si care contine sinele ca nucleu
înconjurat de structura personalitatii) si învatare. Lucrarea surprinde o abordare psihologica a
procesului educational al adolescentilor prin prisma structurilor de identitate ale unei persoane, de care
sunt strâns legate conceptul despre sinele academic, motivatia pentru realizari, aspiratii si asteptari.