THE ROLE OF ETUDES IN COUNSELING- FROM OFFERED TO CONTROLLED ADVICE ... AND VICE VERSA

Abstract

The paper describes an educational event organized annually by Zielona Góra University during the Days of Science. However, the text is not merely a report. The Days of Science and above all the event - Etudes in Counseling, inspired the author to reflect upon counseling and advise offered. The paper analyses several elements of counseling which have a significant impact on the planned form of advice (from controlled to offered). These included the place of counseling and relations between the subjects involved (student counselors and passers-by seeking advice) as well the form of taking adyantage of the offer. The author stresses transparency as a new and important form in contemporary counseling and ‘bustling about’ as a less known, but also significant way of counseling. The discus- sion is supported by reflective observation drawn from the areas of sociology (Zygmunt Bauman), pedagogy (Robert Kwaśnica) and philosophy (J. Brach-Czaina).