“…(1987a, p.36) Implicit in this is the view which has increasing support to-day, that the most effective way of encouraging individuals to ''think and enquire'' is by employing a teaching strategy which makes them "feel that their own viewpoint mattered", i.e. an 'equal-footing' or 'collaborative, enquiry-based' strategy (see Lane and Lane [Jones], 1986). Such a strategy nurtures people's self-esteem, makes them feel their viewpoint matters, makes them feel they have the ability and right to question existing situations and authorities, and therefore encourages them to participate in the decision-making process -so vital for influencing attitudes and behaviours as Lewin showed.…”