Glassers Points

Glasser's main theories include Choice theory and reality therapy. These theories take into account Glasser's five points.


Glasser's five needs

1. Survival


2. love


3. power


4. freedom


5. fun.

Choice Theory posits the existence of a "Quality World" in which, starting at birth and continuing throughout our lives, we place those things that we highly value: primarily the people who are important to us, things we prize, and systems of belief, i.e. religion, cultural values and icons, etc. Glasser also posits a "Comparing Place" in which we compare the world we experience with our Quality World. We behave to achieve as best we can a real world experience consonant with our Quality World.

Choice Theory involves 10 points: http://raider.muc.edu/~schnelpl/Control%20Theory%20-%20Overhead.html

My view: I agree strongly with Glaser's 5 points. This is because i find it quite obvious that all people have a thirst for survival, power etc. When this thirst is quenched then people have a level of satisfaction. Glasser has allowed teachers to have the opportunity to know why exactly their students are acting out and what can be done to help them. Eg: The need for survival. A teacher may see a child acting out because they have had no breakfast, and so a teacher may be able to organise some nourishment.

The idea of a quality world allows us to understand the child's past experiences and how they compare there experiences today with those of the past. I am interested to witness this idea of a 'quality world' during my prac teaching as well as how the students compare my lessons to their other teachers that fit into there quality world.