Personal Thoughts:
I found it pretty intense that William Glasser made it his life long mission to develop these additional four psychological needs along with humans basic need for survival. At first, when I read the four psychological needs I didn't neccesarily agree with them. But, through the voice over powerpoint and the readings provided I found myself nodding in agreement more and more. These four psychological needs seemed like a simplified list of all things people do truly want in the world. We man only be relating them to a classroom but, if we wanted to be in a different environment and wanted it to run smoothly as well these four things could be applied in a different situation. I want to be a teacher, of course, and I can easily apply all four of Glasser's to a classroom environment. I can see, for example, how these four can also be applied to an office environment and a home environment as well. These can be applied to any social environment. I think that some people may disagree with these, everyone has the right to their opinions, but, I feel as though these are simplified explanations to why or why not our particular environments are capable to run smoothly.
Quick Summary:
- Five Human Needs: a. to survive b. to belong c. to gain power d. to be free e. to have fun
- Belonging: to connect with others in the classroom, to create friendships with fellow students and the teacher, to find those who care, having a commitment to learning as strong as the teachers commitment to teaching
- Power: a sense of both confidence and control, gaining empowerment through leadership roles provided by the teacher, being recognized for your contributions, the feeling of worthwhile, self esteem
- Freedom: having both choices and options, providing students multiple paths to learning, self directed learning, independence, being able to work at your own pace in your own space
- Fun: the classroom culture must be a class that is challenging but, not too challenging so the students get agitated, not boring, interesting, laughter :), and pleasure and enjoyment in the classroom
The axiom that stuck out the most to me was that what happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future.
1 comment:
Hi Megan .... I'm with you on the axiom that stuck out for you! I'm wondering if you could share a personal learning experience that met the four needs of fun freedom power and belonging. Your comments that these four needs can be applied to any social situation is right on target. Glasser has applied them to marriage counseling quite successfully! Dr. S.
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