As there are a lot of social problems concerning the distorted body image among individuals and specially since this body image will form and shape during the childhood and adolescence, teachers are to be educated with the concept of body image and the impacts of a distorted body image on their students’ future and life style and the effects that media can have on their body image. Therefore, this seminar will work on the concept of face and body image among adolescents, and the reasons behind their distorted body image the most important of which is media, and consequently the necessity of media competence among young people and the consequences of distorted body images such as volunteering for modifications like dangerous cosmetic surgery. And this seminar will also teach some systematical ways to strengthen students’ self-esteem in order to have a better body image and eventually a better quality of life.
Aims:
Introduction to the concept of body image
Helping adolescents to improve their body image
Media competence and helping the adolescents to be competent
Helping adolescents to understand the reasons behind the will to become more beautiful or having thin bodies by using different methods like cosmetic surgery |
