HUMANISTIC APPROACH

CHIEF PROPAGATORS: ABRAHAM MASLOW, CARL ROGERS, JOHN HOLT

 ARGUMENTS/ VIEW POINTS ABOUT LEARNING

• Human being as the central part of learning

• Man is not a sophisticated machine
• Every man has the potential to develop himself and progress. This unique
values and goals guide his behaviour
• The role of teacher is that of a facilitator
• Students should be taught in democratic environment
• Experience is the primary phenomenon for learning
• Feelings are as important as facts
 OBJECTIVES

1. Promote positive self-direcrion and independence

2. Develop the ability to take responsibility for what is learned
3. Develop creativity
4. Curiosity
5. An interest in the arts
 ROLE OF TEACHER

• Allow the student to have a choice in the selection of tasks and activities whenever
possible
• Help students learn to set realistic goals
• Have students participate in group work, especially cooperative learning, in order to
develop social and affective skills
• Teacher act as a facilitator for group discussions when appropriate
• Teacher being a role model for the attitudes, beliefs and habits you wish to foster
EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMANISTIC
APPROACH TO LEARNING

1. Place of the child in teaching learning

2. Emphasis on individuality
3. Understanding the child
4. Method of teaching
5. Discipline
6. Place and role of the teacher
7. It is a democratic approach
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
CARL ROGERS
 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

• Carl Roger was an American psychologist

• He distinguished two types of learning
1. Cognitive learning
2. Experiential learning
 COGNITIVE LEARNING

• It refers the academic learning such as learning vocabulary,

multiplication tables, historical events, geographical facts etc
• It is meaningless and useless
• It is subjected to some use
 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

• It refers to the application of knowledge such as learning about engines inorder

to repair a car
• Experiential learning is learning from experience
• It is learner centered
• It considers learning as a natural part of personal growth and development
• It is learning by doing
• It emphasises needs and wants of learner
 CHARACTERISTICS

• It is characterised by direct participation of the learner

• It is self initiated
• It is characterised by self evaluation
• Pervasive effects on learner
 ROLE OF TEACHER

• Arranging favourable climate for learning

• Organising learning resources
• Sharing feelings and thoughts with learners
• Balancing intellectual and emotional components of learning
• Teacher should be a helper, guide and facilitator
• Teacher should be sincere and loyal to learners
 BASIC CONDITIONS THAT FACILITATES
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
• Student participate completely in the learning process and has control
over its nature and direction
• It is based on direct confrontation with practical, social and personal
problems
• Self evaluation is the principal method of assessing progress or success
• Learner realises the importance of learning and develops an openness as
well as willingness to learn
 EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

• It is learner centered. Teacher’s role is to facilitate the teaching-learning

process
• Learner should be properly guided and kept on a proper track by the
teacher
• Learning must be linked with motives, goals and values of a learner
• Learning by doing is more important in experiential learning