In the second offering in Innovators & Insights, a series returning to, rethinking, recontextualizing, and reinvigorating some of the great education and technology thinkers of the past, we considered Carl Rogers, his person-centered approach, and how it has (and hasn’t) influenced and improved education, primarily under the rubric of “student-centered” learning.
In this active, audience-encompassing, critical discussion, we delved into Rogers’ ideas, especially student-centered learning, to explore the questions: Where are these ideas now? And where can we take them from here?
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About Carl Rogers and the Person-Centered Approach
from Wikipedia:
[Rogers] was an American psychologist who was one of the founders of humanistic psychology and was known especially for his person-centered psychotherapy. Rogers is widely considered one of the founding fathers of psychotherapy research.
The person-centered approach, Rogers’s unique approach to understanding personality and human relationships, found wide application in various domains, such as psychotherapy and counseling (client-centered therapy), education (student-centered learning), organizations, and other group settings.
Discussion Facilitators
Todd Conaway, Instructional Designer, UW Bothell
Chris Lott, Learning Designer, UW Tacoma