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include constructive or creative possibilities. From what
we know about the process, such an extension seems an
exciting heuristic.
The duality of structure
As suggested above, construction-like theories have
been offered by psychologists and sociologists. One
theorist seems particularly interested in linking personal
and social construction processes.
John Shotter's theory (1978, 1981) is based on what he
calls the duality of structure. An act or a thought is
structured in the moment and structuring into the
future. That same thought or action is also the result of
past structures and structuring. This structuring/
structure feature can be viewed as a process and/or a
product.
Which of the two [views! one perceives depends in which "direction" one looks: looking back, retrospectively, one sees structure, i.e., that which has been specified or determined to date; looking forward, prospectively, one sees function, i.e., the productive or formative process. And all moments in truly temporal processes possess such a duality of structure when viewed in this "bidirectional" manner. Usually, however, the prospective
view is forgotten, for the productive process involved is not easy to specify or determine. We must seemingly be either inaccurate or vague, for a process in progress is always essentially incomplete and its
outcome uncertain (1981, pi 1~, underlining added) .
Thus the duality in the structure of thought and action
Links the past to the future. The structure of current
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| Full text | 57 include constructive or creative possibilities. From what we know about the process, such an extension seems an exciting heuristic. The duality of structure As suggested above, construction-like theories have been offered by psychologists and sociologists. One theorist seems particularly interested in linking personal and social construction processes. John Shotter's theory (1978, 1981) is based on what he calls the duality of structure. An act or a thought is structured in the moment and structuring into the future. That same thought or action is also the result of past structures and structuring. This structuring/ structure feature can be viewed as a process and/or a product. Which of the two [views! one perceives depends in which "direction" one looks: looking back, retrospectively, one sees structure, i.e., that which has been specified or determined to date; looking forward, prospectively, one sees function, i.e., the productive or formative process. And all moments in truly temporal processes possess such a duality of structure when viewed in this "bidirectional" manner. Usually, however, the prospective view is forgotten, for the productive process involved is not easy to specify or determine. We must seemingly be either inaccurate or vague, for a process in progress is always essentially incomplete and its outcome uncertain (1981, pi 1~, underlining added) . Thus the duality in the structure of thought and action Links the past to the future. The structure of current |
