American psychologist and a founder of humanistic psychology, known for client-centered therapy and unconditional positive regard. He applied the same principles to education as student-centered, or learner-centered, teaching, and spent his later career running international workshops applying humanistic method to conflict and communication.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionExtended his client-centered psychotherapy into student-centered learning, arguing a teacher can only facilitate, not directly cause, another person's learning, and that unconditional positive regard is as essential in the classroom as in therapy. 1 Notable WorkFreedom to Learn (1969) 1 Carl Rogers
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Carl Rogers taught psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1957 to 1963.
Source University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wikipedia)
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Rogers studied under Kilpatrick at Teachers College, Columbia
Theories and Approaches Developed
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biography section, Carl Rogers articleQuote, Associated With: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Biography section, Carl Rogers article
He taught psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1957-1963).
Student-Centered Learning (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Approaches Developed: Student-Centered Learning, Background sectionQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Student-Centered Learning, Background section
Carl Rogers's ideas about the formation of the individual also contributed to student-centered learning.
A historic dialogue
University of Minnesota Duluth, College of Education and Human Service ProfessionsIn Approach: Humanism, Behaviorism vs. Humanism sectionQuote, In Approach: Humanism, Behaviorism vs. Humanism section
In contrast, Rogers and his humanist approach to psychology placed emphasis on free will and thought as well as other cognitive, internal aspects of psychology.
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