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Going the extra mile

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I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. 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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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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I posed some questions for educators to address, and proposed that much of our technology in recent years has been used to connect and to communicate. We learn best when we feel we belong, and we feel more comfortable when we perceive psychological safety (Maslow, 1954). Unported License. 1954) Motivation and Personality.

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Belonging, friendship and learning

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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. Management of behaviour, especially around the relationships children develop with each other, is a crucial aspect of professional practice for all educators.

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The importance of being networked

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One of the key reasons educators need a PLN is to keep in touch, to maintain dialogue with their community of practice. Never before have there been so many opportunities to make contact with educators world wide, many of whom have wonderful creative ideas to share. References Maslow, A. Unported License.

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The point of no return

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I''m working through the alphabet of psychologists and theorists, providing a brief overview of each theory, and how it can be applied in education. The previous post featured Abraham Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. Unported License. Previous posts in this series are all linked below. It is the point of no return.

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#TwistedTrope 23: Dale's crappy cone

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It was invented by British comic actor Edgar 'Jim' Dale who knew a lot about making people laugh, but not very much about education. Dale's cone of experience is so named because once teachers experience it, they realise that it is a fairly useless theory in education (well, mostly - some are still fooled by it - Editor).

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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

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When it does make this next comeback, will it notice any significant changes to our education system? Maslow's awkward hierarchy 25. Santa's marginalised reindeer Halley's boring comet by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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