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New Approaches in Personal Development Field - Appreciative Socialization Group
New Approaches in Personal Development Field - Appreciative Socialization Group

Author(s): Simona Ponea, Antonio Sandu
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: Appreciative socialization group; personal development; appreciative inquiry; empowerment; partnership; equalty

Summary/Abstract: Appreciative socialization group represents an innovative way of personal development. Through this presentation, we whant to highlight the importance of both positive thinking and positive acting, as two of the most important steps necessary in the process of personal development. This model was first implemented with a group of persons with phisical disabilities and then was theoretical developed in Lumen Research Centre in Humanistic Sciences. Will be presented during this article those elements that were combined, and that facitated the evolution of the proposed model, and also its transformation in a successful model of personal development. The basic methods used in realising this research were the documentation and the observation. Apprecitive group socialization is comprised from a number of elements from the appreciative inquiry field, the process of socialization, the process of empowerment and also from the partnership process.

  • Issue Year: 02/2011
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 147-157
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English