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#TwistedTropes 24: Maslow's awkward hierarchy

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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. This was awkward.

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Going the extra mile

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This is number 26 in my series on learning theories. In this post, I''m revisiting a well known and heavily used motivational theory - Maslow''s Hierarchy of Human Needs. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature.

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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. Yet most teachers would agree that children who feel they belong will learn better than those that feel excluded. Unported License.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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Image from Pixabay In preparation for my EDEN19 keynote later this month in Bruges, I have been making notes on connected learning. In the previous posts in this series (see list below) I explored the digital age and its impact on learning and teaching. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Drive through learning

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This is number 16 in my series on learning theories. As usual, this is a simplified interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. And yet, there are areas of learning within which Hull''s theory could possibly apply. The Conflicting Psychologies of Learning: A Way Out.

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The importance of being networked

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Specifically, I made the point that Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) are enabled and strengthened when we make connections through social media tools. We have an innate need to talk to others, to share and compare, reify our own ideas, learn from each other, and gain a sense of belonging to a group of like minded others.

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#TwistedTropes 30. Halley's boring comet

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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 Unported License. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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