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12›Introduction
valuation(Hermans,1991;Hermans&Hermans-Jansen,2000).Oneunique
featureisassociatedwiththeconsciousrecognitionofthoselifesituationsthat
peopleidentifyasmeaningful.
Inthesecondchapter,theauthor)staskistodevelopgeneralassumptions
regardingthemodelofeducationoftheself-authoringperson.Obuchowski
assumedthataself-authoringpersonisasubjectandaperson.Techapterstarts
withananalysisoftheconceptofapersonbasedonpersonalism.Fromthe
axiologicalpointofview,apersonisdefinedbyasetofvalues,whichinclude
areferencetofreedom(will),truth(reason),corporealityanddignity-dignity
beingavaluebuiltupontheotherthree(Chudy,2009,pp.40-43).Teseideals
establishthenatureoftheeducationalprocessanditscriticalpoints.Consid-
eringthefactthatapersoncanberegardedasaCco-causeofevents,asanagent
co-responsiblefortheiractions)(Obuchowski,2001,p.136),theprimarytask
ofeducationistoelectivelydiscoveranddevelopthepotentialofpersonal
growth.Psychologists,teachersandeducatorsareexperiencingmoreandmore
alossoftheirlicencetoaidinpersonalityformation.Teyarebeginningto
understandthatindividualsasserttherighttofreedevelopmentandself-real-
isationaccordingtotheirowndesiresandimaginations(Zeidler,2006,p.73).
Justasthedevelopmentoftheself-authoringpersonalityisadjustingactively
totheachievementoffuture-orientatedtasks,educationisestablishingcondi-
tionsthatsupportthegrowthofthefeaturesofaself-authoringpersonality.
Teprocessofeducationisconnectedwiththearrangementofdutiesand
situationsthatencourageapersontosettasksthatconstitutethemeaningof
lifeandaresetinadistantfuture.Teeducationalconditionsshouldalsofoster
theformationofpro-socialattitudes,ensurewell-beingandbringsatisfaction
fromtheactivitiesandtheirelects.
PersonaldevelopmentinwhichthepersonCtakestheirfateintotheirhands
anddirectsit)consciously(Cekiera,1997,p.11)continuestorepresentacrucial
pointofconsiderationsinthiswork.Terefore,laterinthesecondchapter,
attentionisdevotedtotheroleofanautonomousfactorofself-improvement
andeducation.Teautonomousfactorisidentifiedwithaconscioussearch
fortheconditionsthatstimulategrowthortheabilitytomakeselectivelife
choices.Itemphasisestheself-relianceofhumandevelopment.Tefactor
whichremainsaprincipalconditionforpersonalgrowtharisesintheprocess
ofmaturingtofreedom.
Inordertoconstituteoneself,onemustgenerateavarietyofwaysofthink-
ingandbehavingandonemustlearntochoosewhatisthemostmature-for