ROGER’S HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY

Carl Rogers is not traditionally thought of as a "learning" psychologist, yet he and his colleagues and followers have had a significant impact on our present understanding of learning, particularly learning in an educational or pedagogical context. Rogers's humanistic psychology has more of an affective focus than a cognitive one, and so it may be said to fall into the perspective of a constructivist view of learning. Certainly, Rogers and Vygotsky share some views in common in their highlighting of the social and interactive nature of learning.

•Does not focus on cognitive ability but more on affective

•Focuses on learners, esp. emotion and self-concept

•More constructivist

•Highlight the social and interactive nature of learning (share views with Vygotsky)

•Rogers studied the “whole person” as a physical and cognitive but primarily emotional being.

•The goal of education is the facilitation of change and learning. (build rapport with students).

•Teachers become facilitators who trust and accept their students as worthy and valuable individuals.

•The environment for learning must be non-threatening.