Pedagogical Approaches
Humanism
Also Known As Humanistic Education
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The pedagogical approach that focuses on motivation, relationships and personal growth, influenced by Carl Rogers, mattering most when offering choice and using reflection journals, and requiring a safe classroom climate to work.
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Central QuestionHow does education engage the whole person, feeling as well as intellect, toward growth and self-actualization? 1 Most Effective ForLearning that mattered most when offering choice, engaging feelings alongside intellect, and supporting self-actualization and psychological health. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Knowles' assumptions about self-directed, experience-driven adult learners draw on humanistic psychology.
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Knowles drew directly on humanistic psychology, especially self-direction and intrinsic motivation.
Care theory's person-centered relational emphasis sits within the humanist line in education.
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1. infed, the encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education
Humanistic orientations to learning pageQuote, Humanistic orientations to learning page
A great deal of theoretical writing about adult education in the 1970s and 1980s drew on humanistic psychology, with the basic concern being for the human potential for growth.
1. infed, the encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education
Humanistic orientations to learning page, Rogers sectionQuote, Humanistic orientations to learning page, Rogers section
Learning can, thus, be seen as a form of self-actualization, it contributes to psychological health
1. infed, the encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education
Includes: Andragogy, Malcolm Knowles page, humanistic influencesQuote, Includes: Andragogy, Malcolm Knowles page, humanistic influences
extensive use of a model of relationships derived from humanistic clinical psychology, and, in particular, the qualities of good facilitation argued for by Carl Rogers
1. infed, the encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education
Includes: Ethic of Care, Nel Noddings page, orientationQuote, Includes: Ethic of Care, Nel Noddings page, orientation
Natural caring, such as that of a mother for a child, according to Nel Noddings, comes before ethical caring and is preferable to it.
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Structural LearningPedagogy Explained, Five Pedagogical Approaches Explained, HumanismQuote, Pedagogy Explained, Five Pedagogical Approaches Explained, Humanism
focuses on motivation, relationships and personal growth
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founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill
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