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AUGUST 25, 2014

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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MARCH 13, 2018

Image from Pixabay Flawed though it is, Maslow's theory of motivation highlights at least one important theme: We are social beings and we need to know that we belong. The power of peer approval cannot be underestimated, and often becomes the source and impetus of positive behaviour within the classroom and beyond. Unported License.

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AUGUST 25, 2014

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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NOVEMBER 27, 2014

A video entitled Applying theory to the classroom by Alice Sheppard and Laura Mayo , incorporating Maslow''s theory with the spreading activation memory theory of Collins and Quillian. Unported License. It goes without saying that your constructive feedback to my students on their work would be very welcome.

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MAY 4, 2016

From Maslow to Latane to Festinger, and even taking into consideration the 'risky' social experiments of the sixties, such as Zimbardo's Stanford Prison experiment , or Milgram's shocking compliance studies , psychology is replete with explanations about how we operate in social contexts and engage within our communities. Unported License.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

The predicted that teacher behaviour and expectations would directly affect learning in the classroom. These effects are extreme ends of the same continuum of ' self fulfilling prophecies ' that can be observed in classrooms. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Koffka Gestalt theory 21.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Teachers can harness this principle in the design of just about anything from the layout of the classroom to the design of a learning resource. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. If a design is expected, students will spend little time figuring out how to use the object. Merizow Transformative Learning 28.

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