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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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Maslow, Confucius and 3 keys to operate in Dragon land!

Origin Learning

Can Abraham Maslow have made a mistake? People in China detest making mistakes in public as loss of face and reputation determines their position in a social network. His theory of psychological health premised on fulfilling innate human needs in order of priority culminating in self-actualization, is a known fact.

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#LearningIs social

Learning with e's

Humans are inherently social. Most of our learning is achieved within social contexts. Even when we are on our own, much of our learning through resources such as books and videos is mediated socially - there is another mind behind the resource. We want to be accepted by others. Yet it is essential if we wish to belong.

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Going the extra mile

Learning with e's

In this post, I''m revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. The theory Just about everyone working in education and training has heard of Abraham Maslow and his hierarchy of needs. Most versions of Maslow''s Hierarchy are represented as pyramids. Reference Maslow, A.

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Employee Engagement: Meeting Their Needs

KnowledgeCity

If you could ask noted psychologist, Abraham Maslow, he might tell you to meet their hierarchy of needs. Who is Maslow and what is his Hierarchy of Needs? He theorized that people are motivated by what has become known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. How Does Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Help Us Understand Employee Engagement?

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

Learning with e's

From the telegraph, through the telephone and radio and television, to 21st Century satellites, smartphones, the Internet and social media, all were designed to communicate. The entirety of the global social network we all inhabit is predominantly about sharing our minds. One essential element of connected pedagogy is communication.

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The Neuroscience of Social Learning

Growth Engineering

We spend a lot of time talking about how social learning is one of the keys to an effective, engaging training strategy. We often bombard you with stats proving that social learning works , but let’s delve a little deeper into the reasons why it works. Social needs. Learning socially.