TASK 7

Learning Theory

About

“Humanistic Learning Theory”

Lectures

Mursyid Ridha S.Ag., M.Pd

By:

Azahra Hardi Cusinia

19006069

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

FAKULTAS ILMU PENDIDIKAN

UNIVERSITAS NEGERI PADANG

2020
 Humanistic Learning Theory

A. The Concept of Humanistic Learning Theory

The concept of Humanistic learning theory is the process of
humanizing humans, where an individual is expected to be able to actualize
himself meaning humans can explore their own abilities to be applied in the
environment. The humanistic learning process focuses on the students
themselves so that they focus on individual freedom. Humanistic theory
emphasizes cognitive and affective influences processes. Cognitive is an
aspect of mastery of knowledge while affective is an aspect of attitude that
both need to be developed in building individuals. Learning is considered
successful if the student understands his environment and himself. Another
important thing in the learning process of Humanism must be the motivation
given so that students can continue to undergo learning well. Motivation can
come from within, namely from yourself, or from the teacher as a facilitator.
B. Characteristics of Humanistic Theory (Suprayogi, 2005)
1. Concern with humans as individuals.
2. Concern about personal unanimity.
3. Concerned with the role of cognitive and affective.
4. Prioritizing the occurrence of self-actualization and self-concept.
5. Concerned with the subjective perceptual that each individual has.
6. Concerned about the ability to determine the form of one's own behavior.
7. Prioritizing insight (knowledge / understanding).
C. Principles of Humanistic theory
1. Humans have a natural ability to learn.
2. Learning becomes significant if what is learned has relevance to their
needs.
3. Learning that involves a change in perception about himself.
 4. Learning tasks can be more accepted and assimilated if the threat from
outside is getting smaller.
5. If the threat is low there is student experience in obtaining ways.
6. Meaningful learning is obtained if students do it.
7. Learning smoothly if students are involved in the learning process.
8. Learning that involves students as a whole can provide profound results.
9. Trust in students is grown by getting used to introspective.
10. Social learning is learning about the learning process.
D. Implementation of Learning
In humanistic theory, the teacher acts as a facilitator, so here the teacher has
many tasks including:
1. give attention and motivation
2. helps to obtain and clarify individual goals in the class and also group
goals that are general
3. Understanding student characteristics
4. organize and provide resources for learning
5. Can adjust themselves with their students
6. Blend in with students, communicate very well with students
7. Can understand themselves and of course in order to understand their
students
8. In the application of the theory of humanistic learning processes take
precedence over results, where the process of applying humanistic
learning theories includes:
a. Formulate clear learning goals
b. Seek student active participation through learning contracts that
are clear, honest and positive.
c. Encourage students to develop their ability to learn on their own
initiative
 d. Encourage students to be sensitive to critical thinking, to interpret
the learning process independently
E. Humanistic theory figures
1. Abraham Maslow
Maslow's theory is based on the assumption that in individuals there
are two things:
a. positive effort to develop.
b. the power to resist or reject that development.
In connection with this opinion Maslow argues that there are 5 key
levels of basic human needs. The five levels of basic needs is then used as
a key understanding in studying human motivation. Because in fact this
humanistic theory is very much needed motivation. The 5 levels include:

2. Carl Sam Rogers

 Carl Sam Rogers stated there are 4 individual needs, namely:
a. maintenance,
b. self improvement,
c. positive regard and
d. Positive self-regard (positive self-regard).
The most socially useful learning in the modern world is learning
about the learning process, a continual openness to experience and its
integration into oneself about the process of change.
3. Arthur Combs
Arthur argues that learning occurs when it has meaning for the
individual. Teachers cannot force material that is not liked or relevant to
their lives. To understand human behavior, what is important is to
understand how the world is seen from his perspective. This statement is
one of the humanistic views about feelings, perceptions, beliefs, and inner
behavior goals that make people different from others. to understand
others, the most important thing is to see the world as he sees it, and to
determine how people think, feel about him or his world.
F. Strengths and weaknesses of Humanistic Theory
1. Strengths :
a. Is the formation of personality, conscience, change of attitude, analysis
of social phenomena.
b. Students feel happy, take the initiative in learning.
c. The teacher accepts students as they are, understands the way students
think.
d. Students have a lot of meaningful experience.
e. Make students more creative and independent; help students
understand learning material more easily.
f. The indicator of the success of this application is students feel happy
and excited.
 g. A change in mindset.
h. Students are expected to be human beings who are free, brave, not
bound by the opinions of others and manage their own personal
responsibilities without reducing the rights of others or violating the
rules, norms, discipline, or ethics that apply.
i. Students are required to try to gradually be able to achieve self-
actualization as well as possible.
2. Weaknesses :
a. Are individual.
b. The learning process will not succeed if there is no motivation and a
supportive environment.
c. Difficult to apply in a more practical context.
d. Students have difficulty in getting to know themselves and the
potential that exists in themselves.
e. Students who do not want to understand their potential will be left
behind in the learning process.
f. Students are not active and lazy to learn will harm themselves in the
learning process.
g. The role of the teacher in the process of forming and maturing student
personality is reduced.
h. The success of the learning process is more determined by the students
themselves.