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Going the extra mile

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The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. In this post, I''m revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Most versions of Maslow''s Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

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The point of no return

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The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Other transformative learning events can occur when the individual critically reflects on their actions, or experiments with their life in new and unfamiliar or uncomfortable roles. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Koffka Gestalt theory 21.

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Going the extra mile

Learning with e's

The previous post highlighted issues around the theory of Communities of Practice, from the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger. In this post, I'm revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. Most versions of Maslow's Hierarchy are represented as pyramids.

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In two minds

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In 1986 he stated: ''Human cognition is unique in that it has become specialized for dealing simultaneously with language and with nonverbal objects and events. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Koffka Gestalt theory 21. Köhler Insight learning 22. Knowles Andragogy 24.

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Shocking behaviour

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The Theory Stanley Milgram was active in social psychology research during the sixties and was influenced by the events of the Second World War. Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice 26. Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Jahoda Ideal Mental Health 20. Koffka Gestalt theory 21. Köhler Insight learning 22.