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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. Unported License.

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Connected pedagogy: Shared minds

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We learn best when we feel we belong, and we feel more comfortable when we perceive psychological safety (Maslow, 1954). Another key component of sharing minds in the digital age is the active experimentation, design, production and sharing of content. Unported License. 1954) Motivation and Personality. New York: Harper and Row.

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Stage by stage

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We should focus on the process of learning as well as the product, and offer children learning experiences that offer them problems to solve and challenges to meet, so that they are kept in a state of disequilibrium (uncertainty). Maslow Hierarchy of Human Needs 27. Unported License. Unported License.