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Essential Learning Theories & Frameworks in IDT: Humanism

Humanism

Centers on the whole person and the uniqueness of each individual.

Key figures include Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow.

Humanism: Resources

DeCarvalho, R. J. (1991). The humanistic paradigm in education. The Humanistic Psychologist, 19(1), 88–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/08873267.1991.9986754

Feigenbaum, K. D. (2024). A critique of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers as educators. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 64(1), 44–63. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678231154819

Javadi, Y., & Tahamsbi, M. (2020). Application of humanism teaching theory and humanistic approach to education in course-books. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 10(1), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1001.06

Maslow, A. (1968). Some educational implications of the humanistic psychologies. Harvard Educational Review, 38(4), 685–696. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.38.4.j07288786v86w660

Maslow, A. (1979). Humanistic education. The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 19(3), 13.

Maslow, A. H. (2019). Personality and growth: A humanistic psychologist in the classroom. Maurice Bassett; Anna Marie.

Mehta, R., & Aguilera, E. (2020). A critical approach to humanizing pedagogies in online teaching and learning. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 37(3), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJILT-10-2019-0099

Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2019). Contributions from the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy. Cambridge Journal of Education, 49(2), 181–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2018.1488946

Rogers, C. R. (1980). A way of being. Houghton Mifflin.

Rogers, C. R., Hanson, A., Thorpe, M., & Edwards, R. (1993). The interpersonal relationship in the facilitation of learning. In Culture and Processes of Adult Learning (1st ed., pp. 228–242). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315003450-18

Rogers, C. R., Tausch, R., & Lyon, H. C. (2013). On becoming an effective teacher: Person-centered teaching, psychology, philosophy, and dialogues with Carl R. Rogers and Harold Lyon (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203725672

Swan, K., Chen, C. -C. B., & Bockmier-Sommers, D. K. (2020). Relationships between Carl Rogers’ person-centered education and the community of inquiry framework: A preliminary exploration. Online Learning, 24(3), 4-18. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v24i3.2279

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