Reactions to change in the authority-dependency relationship
Titel:
Reactions to change in the authority-dependency relationship
Auteur:
Abercrombie, M. L. J. Terry, P. M.
Verschenen in:
British journal of guidance & counselling
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (1978) nr. 1 pagina's 82-94
Jaar:
1978-01-01
Inhoud:
The material reported here is derived from statements made in a series of free or associative small-group discussions, which were part of a course leading to the postgraduate Diploma in Architecture, and were specifically designed to encourage autonomous learning. The discussions were intended to help students and tutors to come to terms with problems of education for change; their content reflected the week-to-week happenings in the studio, the School of Architecture, and the college. Among the themes that emerged were: the wish to remain dependent, conflicting with the wish and need to become self-reliant; feelings of impotence; discomfort due to the lack of perceived structure; realistic fears of failure as a result of being independent, and fantasy fears of reprisals from rejected authorities; resentment at feeling manipulated, and timidity in taking the initiative to manipulate; the exhilaration of feeling emancipated; and recognition that it was possible to have and use internalised as distinct from imposed values. The role of the group conductors is discussed, and some statements made towards the end of the course are cited which seem to indicate that students had gained better command of their own potentialities for autonomous learning.
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