Maslow Supports Needs

I was recently visiting my friend, Colleen's blog over here, and she was talking about Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and how important it is to understand our students needs and how to teach the total individual (I couldn't agree more).

First I love Maslow's Hierarchy and second I felt Colleen's post related so well to my posts about student needs and the need for support. 

We've all seen Maslow's pyramid, right? If not let me refresh your mind.





Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology often portrayed in the shape of a pyramid with the largest, most fundamental levels of needs at the bottom and the need for self-acutalization at the top. Basically we can't reach self-actualization without  meeting the other more "basic" needs first. 

This just reinforces how important it is to truly connect with out students, understand what it is they need from us, so that we can then help them succeed and reach that self-actualization that everybody yearns for. 

I've said it before and I'll say it a million times again....KNOW YOUR STUDENTS, AND YOU'LL KNOW SUCCESS. 

For more on Maslow, click here.

Back to the grind I go,
Laurel (like Carl)