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Introduction‹11
ceptrepresentsacognitiveandinterpretivecontextforhumannatureand
behaviour.Teself-authoringattitudefacilitatesandidentifiesthefunda-
mentalproblemsofmodernpeople.Accordingtothistheory,theessenceof
humandevelopmentconsistsoffindingandexperiencingoneselfandeagerly
searchingfortheimportanceoflifeandthebestwaytorealiseit.Self-de-
terminationdefinitelyliesinintentionallysettingdevelopmentaltasksthat
areconsistentwiththemeaningoflife.Fortheeducator,whatisimport-
antistheconclusionsdrawnfromacriticalreflectionontheconceptofthe
meaning-makingperson.Sincehumansremainself-awareindividualsand
constructthemselvesaccordingtotheirowndesign,pedagogyisascience
thatemphasisestheroleofpotentialandpossibilitiesanddoesnottreat
apersonasdependentonfate(seeSuchodolski,1985,ascitedinSchulz,
2007,p.17).
Teaimofthebookistopresenttheconceptofapersonasanindividual
whoisabletocontroltheirowndevelopmentanditsvalueasappliedtopeda-
gogicaltheoryinordertovalidatetheassumptionsofMontessori)spedagogy.
Teauthoralsoseekstoexplainthesignificanceofeducationalactivitiesfrom
theperspectiveofconstructingself-authoringfeatures.Teseactivitieslaythe
foundationsonwhichassumptionsofthegeneralmodelofeducationandthe
originalresearchprojectaredeveloped.
Tebookconsistsofsixchapters.Tefirstoneisreconstructive.Te
subjectofanalysisisthehumanbeingandtheirdevelopment.Bothtopics
aredescribedfromtheperspectiveofthepotentiality,possibilitiesandcapa-
bilitiesofself-developmentinordertoestablishaparticularwayofthinking
aboutpeopleandtheireducation.Tefundamentalapproachforthisworkis
groundedinObuchowski)stheory,thoughitalsoolersabroaderperspective,
referringtotheconceptsofRobertKegan(1982,1992)andMarciaB.Baxter
Magolda(2001,2009a,2009b,2014).
Temostcomprehensiverealisationofself-determinationpersistsin
aself-authoringpersonwhocaninterpretdesirescreativelyandwhogenerates
apersonalmeaningoflife(Obuchowski,2009,p.202).Acreatorofapersonal
lifegeneratesessentialreferencestothemselvesandtheworldindependently.
Teycontinuallybecomethemselvesinnegotiationswiththeworld.Tis
reasoningimpliesaneedtodiscusstheideaofthepsychologicalspaceof
aself-authoringperson,whichcanbepresentedbydescribingthe14proper-
tiesofidentityintheconcludingpartofthefirstchapter.Tementalspace
ofaself-determiningpersoniscompletedwithHubertHermans)conceptof