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Article: Essential Tiedeman: anchoring the North Star for human development.(work of Tiedeman, Anna Miller)
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Tiedeman was a brilliant icon in counseling and psychology. He was and is the North Star to emulate because he could dance with theory, practice, and life.
In 1970, invoking the practice side of his decision-making theory, Tiedeman accepted a consultation at the Appalachia Education Laboratory, in Charleston, West Virginia, where we met. He would later say, "That visit changed my professional and personal world forever." At that time, Tiedeman's eminence had already been established, and he was casting around for new ways to frame his thought.
Tiedeman's thought provided a mirror for his peers to see more clearly their own thought. Many claimed he was ...