Tensions, pursuits and options in contemporary education

Theoreticians and practicians in the field of education are permanently preoccupied to find the most efficient methods to stimulate the activity/participation of pupils and to shape their personality. Their fundamental options are: either power-based methods, or love-based methods. The study shows that those who seek mainly to maintain and strengthen control will predominantly use power-based means (especially the punishments - rewards system) and those who pursue the development, emotional support and freedom of the pupil will mostly use love-based methods.