LESSON PLAN: MASLOW’S
HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
TODAY’S OBJECTIVE:
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS BY DESCRIBING IN AN ORAL DISCUSSION WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY, AS DETERMINED BY THE INSTRUCTOR, HOW TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS CAN HELP STUDENTS SATISFY NEEDS AT EACH LEVEL OF THE HIERARCHY.
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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
FOCUS (ENGAGE STUDENTS SO THEY'LL BE INTELLECTUALLY OPEN TO LESSON.)
TELL STORY ABOUT A FIFTH GRADE BOY:
MOTHER DIED, DAD HAD HEART ATTACK.
LIVED WITH SISTER & ABUSIVE BROTHER-IN-LAW.
ACTED OUT IN CLASS, CLASS CLOWN.
KIDS MADE FUN OF HIM AND HIS CLOTHES.
TEACHER DISLIKED THE BOY DUE TO BEHAVIOR ISSUES.
JUSTIFICATION
KNOWLEDGE OF MASLOW COULD HAVE HELPED BEHAVIOR ISSUES.
PROVISIONS FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION
TAKE NOTES AS NEEDED.
BE READY TO ANSWER AN ORAL QUESTION OR TWO TOWARD THE END
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LESSON
ABRAHAM MASLOW (died 1970)
HUMANIST PSYCHOLOGIST
FROM BROKEN BRAINS TO HUMAN POTENTIAL
HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
LOVE, AFFECTION, BELONGING
ESTEEM
SELF
OTHERS
SELF-ACTUALIZATION: BORN TO DO SOMETHING, A “CALLING.”
CAN NEVER COMPLETELY FORGET “LOWER” NEEDS.
SUMMARIZE ALL FIVE LEVELS
CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING
QUESTIONING TO TEACHER’S SATISFACTION.
GUIDED PRACTICE
VERBAL. WHERE WAS THAT LITTLE FIFTH-GRADE BOY ON MASLOW’S HIERARCHY? WHY?
CHECKING FOR MASTERY
VERBALLY CHECK OTHER LEVELS BY ASKING HOW WE CAN REINFORCE EACH LEVEL AS TEACHERS.
ENRICHMENT
ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO READ ABRAHAM H. MASLOW, TOWARD A PSYCHOLOGY OF BEING, D. VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY, 1968, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER 68-30757.
RETEACH
EXPLAIN INDUCTIVELY. DESCRIBE EIGHT TO TEN SPECIFIC EXAMPLES THAT ILLUSTRATE EACH LEVEL AND HAVE STUDENTS SORT THEM BY LEVEL ON THE BOARD. DISCUSS ANY DISAGREEMENTS AT LENGTH.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT. GIVE STUDENTS HANDOUT WITH PRE-PREPARED ESSAY QUESTIONS.
CLOSURE
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
SAFETY NEEDS
LOVE, AFFECTION, BELONGING
ESTEEM
SELF
OTHERS
SELF-ACTUALIZATION: BORN TO DO. A “CALLING.”
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MATERIALS/EQUIPMENT/HANDOUTS/
POSTERS/FILES
POWERPOINT & COMPUTER
POWERPOINT PROJECTOR SCREEN
PORTABLE MEDIA (E.G., ZIP DRIVE) WITH PRESENTATION STORED ON IT.
ESSAY ASSIGNMENT HANDOUT
“DRY ERASER” BOARD MARKER AND ERASER
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RESOURCES
Coleman and Hammen, Contemporary Psychology and Effective Behavior, page 86-87, ISBN 0-673-07892-2
Abraham H. Maslow, The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, Esalen Books, Viking Press, SBN 670-30853-6 hardbound, 670-00360-3 softbound.
Abraham H. Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1968, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 68-30757.
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TEACHING TECHNIQUES
LECTURE
QUESTIONING
DISCUSSION
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