How Humanities

Shapes the Mind,

Character, and
Behavior and Life
Purpose of the
Learners

Prepared by:
MR. ROMMEL R. ILAGAN
 BACKGROUND
• In 1950, Humanistic psychology gave rise after
Behaviourism and psychoanalysis.

• Humanistic psychology was popularised during the

1950s and 1960s following WWII and the cold war.
• During this time period, psychologists were
seeking a more optimistic approach in response to
the stresses that came with war.

• Humanism was largely influenced by early Greek

philosophers, as well as Europeans of the
Renaissance era, who believed that human beings
were unique.
 DEFINITION
• Humanism claims that people have the ability
to shape their own destiny, and this is not
driven by biological, instinctive influences.

• An approach in study, philosophy, or practice

that focuses on human values and concerns.
• A system of thought that rejects religious
beliefs and centers on humans and their values,
capacities, and worth.

• The approach assumes that every person is

unique and psychology should focus on the
subjective feelings, thoughts of the person and
freedom.
• The focus is on each individual, not whole
populations. Learning is student-centered,
personal act.
HUMANISTIC LEARNING
THEORY: OVERVIEW
 HUMANISM
PRINCIPLES
• Students will learn best what they
want and need to know.
• Feelings are as important as facts.
• Self-evaluation is the only meaningful
evaluation of a student's work.
• Knowing how to learn is more
important than acquiring a lot of
knowledge.
• Students learn best in a non-
threatening environment.
 OBJECTIVES
• promote positive self-direction and independence,
• an interest in the arts,
• curiosity,
• develop creativity,
• develop the ability to take responsibility for what
is learned
LEARNING
METHODS
 TECHNIQUES
• round table • pairs check
• inside-outside circle • paraphrase
• think-pair-share passport
• Interview • talking chips
 TEACHERS’ ROLES
• Teacher serves more as a facilitator encouraging the
student to learn and discover for themselves.

• He efforts to developed a child's self-esteem.

• Teachers are urged to trust children and let or help them

grow.
 STUDENTS’ ROLES
• Learning on a first hand basis how to find the answer and
being accountable for the discovery of their own solutions.
• It would be important for children to feel good about
themselves.
• The learners need to have control over the learning process.
• Self learning is emphasized.
 LEARNING KEY PROPONENTS OF
HUMANISM
1. ABRAHAM MASLOW
2. CARL ROGERS
3. MALCOM KNOWLES
4. DAVID KOLB
5. JACK MEZIROW
6. PAOLO FREIRE
 • An American psychologist.
• He is considered to be the founder
of humanistic psychology.
• He developed the Hierarchy of
Needs theory that remains valid
today for understanding human
motivation, management training,
and personal development.
• ‘’Human nature is basically good,
not evil. Normal human
development involves the
ABRAHAM MASLOW actualization of this inherent
(1908 - 1970) goodness.’’
 MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• These include the
most basic needs
that are vital to
survival, such as
water, air (oxygen),
food, and sleep/rest.
 MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• It includes a desire
for steady
employment, health
care, safe
neighbourhoods,
and shelter from the
environment.
 MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• It involves
emotionally-based
relationships in
general, such as
friendship, intimacy,
acceptance.
 MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF
NEEDS
• It includes the need
for things that
reflect on self-
esteem, personal
worth, social
recognition, and
accomplishment.
 MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS

• It is the instinctual
need of humans to
make the most of
their abilities and to
strive to be the best
they can.
 MASLOW’S DEFINITION OF A
SELF-ACTUALIZED PERSON
• has no mental illness,
• satisfied in basic needs,
• fully exploited talents,
• motivated by values.
 SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF
SELF-ACTUALIZING PERSONS
• increased autonomy and resistance • high levels of creativity,
to conformity,
• superior perception of reality,
• higher frequency of peak
experiences, • increased acceptance of self,
• increased identification with the of others, and of nature,
human species, • increased spontaneity,
• improved interpersonal • greater freshness of
experiences,
appreciation and richness of
• more democratic character structure,
emotional reaction
 • He was an influential
American psychologist.
• He is among the founders
of the Humanistic
Approach.
• ‘’ We need genuineness,
acceptance and empathy
for us to grow.’’
KARL ROGERS
(1902 – 1987)
CARL ROGERS’S PERSON-CENTERED
PERSPECTIVE
 SELF-CONCEPT
• All of thoughts and feelings about ourselves.
WHO AM I?
• Both Rogers and Maslow believed that your self-
concept is at the center of your personality.
• If our self concept is positive; we tend to act and
perceive the world positively.
 SELF-CONCEPT
• If our self-concept is negative; we fall short of our
‘’ideal self’’ and feel dissatisfied and unhappy.
• Two primary sources that influence our self-
concept are childhood experiences and evaluation
by others.
THE SELF-CONCEPT INCLUDES
THREE COMPONENTS
 FIVE
CHARACTERISTIC
S OF THE FULLY
FUNCTIONING
PERSON
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