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=Maslow's Hiearchy of Needs =



[|the needs explained] These are biological needs. They consist of needs for oxygen, food, water, and a relatively constant body temperature. They are the strongest needs because if a person were deprived of all needs, the physiological ones would come first in the person's search for satisfaction.
 * Physiological Needs **

** Safety Needs ** When all physiological needs are satisfied and are no longer controlling thoughts and behaviors, the needs for security can become active. Adults have little awareness of their security needs except in times of emergency or periods of disorganization in the social structure (such as widespread rioting). Children often display the signs of insecurity and the need to be safe.

** Needs of Love, Affection and Belongingness ** When the needs for safety and for physiological well-being are satisfied, the next class of needs for love, affection and belongingness can emerge. Maslow states that people seek to overcome feelings of loneliness and alienation. This involves both giving and receiving love, affection and the sense of belonging.

** Needs for Esteem ** When the first three classes of needs are satisfied, the needs for esteem can become dominant. These involve needs for both self-esteem and for the esteem a person gets from others. Humans have a need for a stable, firmly based, high level of self-respect, and respect from others. When these needs are satisfied, the person feels self-confident and valuable as a person in the world. When these needs are frustrated, the person feels inferior, weak, helpless and worthless.

When all of the foregoing needs are satisfied, then and only then are the needs for self-actualization activated. Maslow describes self-actualization as a person's need to be and do that which the person was "born to do." "A musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write." These needs make themselves felt in signs of restlessness. The person feels on edge, tense, lacking something, in short, restless. If a person is hungry, unsafe, not loved or accepted, or lacking self-esteem, it is very easy to know what the person is restless about. It is not always clear what a person wants when there is a need for self-actualization.
 * Needs for Self-Actualization **

Video[|Video of Malsow Theory Explained] *Abraham Maslow: During the 1950s, Maslow became one of the founders and driving force behind the school of thought known as [|humanistic psychology]. His theories including the [|hierarchy of needs], [|self-actualization] and peak experiences became fundamental subjects in the humanist movement.

*Constructivism or Direct Instruction: Maslow's theory is related more to the constructivist way of thinking. "What is meant by constructivism? The term refers to the idea that learners construct knowledge for themselves---each learner individually (and socially) constructs meaning---as he or she learns. 3 Constructing meaning is learning; there is no other kind. The dramatic consequences of this view are twofold; 1) we have to focus on the learner in thinking about learning (not on the subject/lesson to be taught):  2) There is no knowledge independent of the meaning attributed to experience (constructed) by the learner, or community of learners."

In Maslow's theory the last level of needs is self actualization, here the a person succeeds in what they want because they feel that it is what they are supposed to do. In the constructivist theory students learn because of their experiences in life, not just what a teacher tells them they need to learn. A constructivist classroom has students working together, this meets the needs of the third and fourth level, when students work together and build friendships they have a sense of belonging, and can also gain self-esteem (if it is a good experience with the classmates).



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