ABSTRACT
I f the group is to move from point A to point B while never quite knowing where point B is, they need to trust that person in charge. They need to feel the journey is worth the struggle. So a degree of personal transparency on the facilitator’s part is appropriate. Your pedagogy must be open to inspection to some degree. You need to know where you’re coming from, so you can articulate and defend those principles which underpin your work. Nic Fine states that his 'foundation stones would be that people develop respect for themselves and each other,; and develop a belief in democratic processes . . . Thirdly (he argues for) a belief in non-violence and a belief in the creative potential o f all people. ’ While Lois Weaver argues how important it is to have ‘a healthy respect for your own aesthetic. ’ And that hers 'is based on chaos'.
