PHILOSOPHY AND IMPLICATIONS OF HUMANISTIC EDUCATION

Humanistic Education refers to an educational philosophy that believes human beings are, by nature, selfdeveloping
creatures. An educator's primary responsibility is to create an environment in which students can do
their own growing. Humanistic educators have a broad understanding of the knowledge that children acquire as they
grow, and highly value student's affective and social development as well as their intellectual development. The goal
of humanistic education is to contribute to the development of energetic, positive, self-respecting, caring human
beings who can meet all challenges. Humanistic education is supported by years of research and experience. One of
the strongest reasons for supporting humanistic education is that, when done effectively, students learn!
Considerable evidence shows that cooperative learning structures higher self-concepts, and the student's motivation
and interest in learning all are related to greater academic achievement. Humanistic education is not psychotherapy.
It is not the goal of humanistic education to help students overcome deep-seated emotional problems. Rather,
humanistic education seeks to help students to learn useful skills for living and to deepen their understanding of
issues relevant to their academic and social development