In this study, the self-esteem improvement program consisted
of five parts, including introduction (week 1-2), self understanding
(week 3-5), personal relationship (week 6-10),
sense of purpose/competence (week 11) and conclusion (week 12).
The first 2 weeks are especially planned to provide time for introducing
himself/herself. It is an ice-breaker period of getting to
know each other. However, many students reported that the students
were shy and that it was not easy to follow the sessions for
the first time, so they wanted to have more than 2 weeks to grow
close to other students. Based on the comments, 2 weeks were not
long enough for the grade 4 students to become close to each other
and share their experiences throughout the 12 sessions. Therefore,
an introduction period of more than 2 weeks should be planned in
the self-esteem programs to test the effects in future studies. Also,