ABOUT SHAME IN SITUATIONS OF SCHOOL ASSESSMENT AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXPERIENCING IT BY THE STUDENTS

Abstract

In every day school life experiencing shame by students in situations of school assessment is a common phenomenon but not undertaken in research. Therefore, in this study it has been shown how assessment (external and teacher’s) and student’s self-esteem, including information about not meeting the standards and requirements existing in every day school life, imply experiences of shame in students towards themselves and towards others. Application of shame typology of Jacek M. Barbalet allowed not only to extract several types of shame experienced during assessment: narcissistic, situational, aggressive, and „submissive” but also to show the consequences of experiencing it by the assessed.