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Humanism and Transformational Learning: Insights from Maslow, Rogers, and Mezirow

This overview delves into the principles of Humanism in education, focusing on the ideas of key theorists such as Maslow and Rogers. It discusses Maslow's hierarchy of needs as the foundation for motivation and Rogers' approach to student-centered learning. The transformative learning theory by Mezirow is highlighted, including its phases: disorienting dilemma, self-examination, critical assessment, and planning action. Additionally, the contributions of Freire and the Kegan-Lahey model on "Immunity to Change" are explored, emphasizing the importance of perceptions in guiding educational experiences.

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Humanism and Transformational Learning: Insights from Maslow, Rogers, and Mezirow

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  1. Humanism & Transformational Learning

  2. humanism Maslow (1908 – 1970) Rogers (1902-1987)

  3. maslow • Motivation based on a hierarchy of needs

  4. Rogers • Student-centered learning • We behave as we do because of the way we perceive our situation. As no one else can know how we perceive, we are the best experts on ourselves.

  5. Transformative Learning • "The process of using a prior interpretation to construe a new or revised interpretation of the meaning of one’s experience in order to guide future action" • (Mezirow, 1996: 162).

  6. Freire • 1921 – 1997 • Brazil • Working primarily among the illiterate poor in Brazil • Attacked "banking" concept of education

  7. Jack Mezirow • 1927 - present • 1978

  8. Mezirow’s Phases • A disorienting dilemma • A self examination with feelings of guilt or shame • A critical assessment of epistemic, sociocultural, or psychic assumptions • Recognition that one’s discontent and the process of transformation are shared and that others have negotiated a similar change • Exploration of options for new roles, relationships, and actions   • Planning a course of action • Acquisition of knowledge and skills for implementing one’s plan • Provision trying of new roles • Building of competence and self-confidence in new roles and relationships • A reintegration into one’s life on the basis of conditions dictated by one’s perspective

  9. Kegan & Lahey • Robert Kegan • 1946 – present • Lisa Lahey • Professors - Harvard University College of Education

  10. Immunity to change

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