Humanistic perspectives emphasizes on the intellectual and emotional growth of a student. It gives students
freedom to learn and to take ownership for their own learning. Teachers are to facilitate and guide students to enable them to realize their potential. There are three main founders of these theories such as Carl Rogers, Knowles and Abraham Maslow.
Abraham Maslow believes that one’s need is achieved; it desires to continuously achieve other needs that start form basic need such as psychological needs to safety to love and to esteem which later moves towards the growth of self-actualization. In other hand, Rogers says that an individual tends to imitate and live life towards achieving the idealistic figure.
Knowles states that adults learned best when learning is active as they can response. Adult learning is also effective when it’s self-directed that they are able to give inputs. While based on problems learning and when learning relates to their experience also contributes to learning. There are many approaches in humanism to evoke the student’s potential. Enquiry based approaches such as problem based approaches can stimulate a student to response and through this approach teacher will be able to know the students potential.
Finally, discussions are also best for students that it enables them to discover their ideas and values. Portfolio and learning logs will sharpen a student’s knowledge and to develop better understanding. Other than
that, assessment can mirror a student’s knowledge.
Further
links;
http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/humanistic_research.html
No comments:
Post a Comment