PGCE International – Process Work Record Form
PGCE International – Process work record form
Module 2: Understanding learning
You do not need to complete every activity in this module. It contains just over 50 activities in total, distributed across eight units, and we estimate that you should have time to complete around 25 of them. Of course, you can do more but we would not expect you to complete less. Before you start completing this form, you should have agreed a route through the materials with your tutor by submitting the Module 2 pathway form. Your route will have included 13 core activities which are indicated in this form by an asterisk next to the activity name. You can leave blank those activities which are not included in your preferred route.
Module 2: Understanding learning: Unit 1: Motivation for learning Unit 1 Activity 1: Your own learning
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
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Unit 1 Activity 2: Why are theories of learning important?
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
* Unit 1 Activity 3: Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
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* Unit 1 Activity 4: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
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For your tutor, in no more than 500 words, write critically about Maslow's theory. How useful do you find his analysis? Add this critique in the space below:
Maslow is a humanist psychologist who believes that human beings are pushed and pulled by mechanical forces (Simons, Irwin and Drinnien, 1987) he argued that human needs could be characterized in terms of a hierarchy, which led to the formation of an eight-layered pyramid. From the bottom are physiological needs of hunger, thirst and others. Above these is the need for safety, protection, third is the need for love, belonging, and acceptance, the fourth on the pyramid is connected to esteem needs, such as need to be competent and to gain recognition and approval. The first four needs are
Module 2: Understanding learning
You do not need to complete every activity in this module. It contains just over 50 activities in total, distributed across eight units, and we estimate that you should have time to complete around 25 of them. Of course, you can do more but we would not expect you to complete less. Before you start completing this form, you should have agreed a route through the materials with your tutor by submitting the Module 2 pathway form. Your route will have included 13 core activities which are indicated in this form by an asterisk next to the activity name. You can leave blank those activities which are not included in your preferred route.
Module 2: Understanding learning: Unit 1: Motivation for learning Unit 1 Activity 1: Your own learning
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
√
Unit 1 Activity 2: Why are theories of learning important?
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
* Unit 1 Activity 3: Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
√
* Unit 1 Activity 4: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
I have made appropriate entries in my commonplace book
√
For your tutor, in no more than 500 words, write critically about Maslow's theory. How useful do you find his analysis? Add this critique in the space below:
Maslow is a humanist psychologist who believes that human beings are pushed and pulled by mechanical forces (Simons, Irwin and Drinnien, 1987) he argued that human needs could be characterized in terms of a hierarchy, which led to the formation of an eight-layered pyramid. From the bottom are physiological needs of hunger, thirst and others. Above these is the need for safety, protection, third is the need for love, belonging, and acceptance, the fourth on the pyramid is connected to esteem needs, such as need to be competent and to gain recognition and approval. The first four needs are