CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Mead’s theory, the self has two sides or phases: ‘me’ and ‘I. ‘ The ‘me’ is considered the socialized aspect of the individual. The ‘me’ represents learned behaviors, attitudes, and expectations of others and of society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mead believed that social experience depends on our seeing ourselves as others do, or, as he coined it, “taking the role of the other.” Understanding the role of the other results in self-awareness. Mead posited that there is an active “I” self and an objective “me” self. The “I” self is active and initiates action.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mead believed that this understanding lead to the development of the “I” and the “me, ” where the “me” is our social self and the “I” is our response to the “me.” The “me” is how we believe the generalized other sees us. It is what we learn through interactions with others. The “I” thinks about what those things mean.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to him, ‘I’ is the one who knows how something feels; ‘Me’ is that feeling itself. I know I am hurt when I am cheated; I (i.e., ‘Me’ or my social self) get hurt because I have learned (from society) that when cheated, one must feel hurt. Thus-‘I’ is the self as subject; ‘Me’ is the self as object.