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#TwistedTropes 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy

Learning with e's

Photo from Wikimedia Commons Everything was awkward about the famous psychologist Abraham Maslow. As a young man, Maslow had very few friends, so he made books his companions, married one of his cousins by accident, and then spent the rest of his life trying to discover the meaning of life. Fermat's dodgy last theorem 18.

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When is Training the Right Solution? (And When it is NOT!)

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People typically present Gilbert’s Behavior Engineering Model (or the adapted “Six Boxes” model) top to bottom, left to right. However, I feel the boxes should be addressed in a clockwise sequence (and when I speak on the topic, I present them as such). Data, Instruments, Incentives, Knowledge, Capacity, Motives).

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Technology sinner

Allison Rossett

I presented for 45 minutes, with PowerPoint, to the assembled group. While those are proper concerns, early this morning I found myself worrying about things that are lower in Maslow’s hierarchy. They were ready for the weekend, not another presentation. I was a charicature of the one-way presenter.

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The point of no return

Learning with e's

The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Merizow also saw that experiencing a sense of alienation or disconnect could present opportunities for transformative learning experience if there was enough critical reflection. Previous posts in this series are all linked below. Koffka Gestalt theory 21.

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Drive through learning

Learning with e's

Elements of his theory are present in Maslow''s more humanistic and learner-centred Hierarchy of Human Needs model. Although this is in itself a flawed and contetious model, Maslow''s hierarchy has been used to explain more compex motivational processes.

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Video for assessment

Learning with e's

Here''s the process: Students are introduced to a new concept, presented with some basic content and guidelines, and asked to go away and research more deeply around their topic. They are then asked to create a video (or other form of presentation) and show it to their classmates.

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Count What Counts

The Performance Improvement Blog

Chip Conley, CEO of the boutique hotel company “Joie de Vivre” and author of Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow and a TED presenter , argues that companies should measure the intangibles, more specifically, “transformation”. He presents economic data to make his case.

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