Beyond “Active Listening”: The Benefits of Developmental Listening Grounded in Laske’s Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF)

Authors

  • Otto Laske Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM) in Gloucester, MA, USA.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2013.6.1611

Keywords:

Active listening

Abstract

There are many ways of listening to others’ flow of words. Active listening, especially in coaching, is understood as a neutral attitude in which one listens to the content of clients’ speech utterances, trying to be “objective” at the same time as being “engaged” emotionally. This kind of listening largely excludes listening for pattern or structure, but it is nevertheless a good basis for thinking developmentally. However, findings from the developmental sciences suggest that active listening alone is insufficient to help clients.

Author Biography

Otto Laske, Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM) in Gloucester, MA, USA.

Otto Laske PhD PsyD is founder and director of the Interdevelopmental Institute (IDM) in Gloucester, MA, USA. He is the creator of the Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF), which is taught at the IDM to an international student body. Documents by Otto are available at www.interdevelopmentals.org. His artistic work can be found at www.ottolaske.com. He can be reached at otto@interdevelopmentals.org

References

Basseches, M. (1984). Dialectical thinking and adult development. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Kegan, R. (1982). The evolving self: Problem and process in human development. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard.

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Laske, O. (2013). Beyond “Active Listening”: The Benefits of Developmental Listening Grounded in Laske’s Constructive Developmental Framework (CDF). REIRE Revista d’Innovació I Recerca En Educació, 6(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1344/reire2013.6.1611

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1

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Studies and trends

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