Author(s)

Jinhua Huang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Guangzhou College of Technology and Business, Guangzhou, 510850, China

Corresponding Author

Jinhua Huang

ABSTRACT

This essay aims to present the personal stance as an adult educator which is approval of humanistic education, and then will continue to analyse the philosophy of teaching and the learning in the perspective of humanistic education including the basic guiding principles. In the first section, the essay will describe an account of personal stance as a facilitator of learner-centred learning in humanistic adult education. The second section will present the significance of implementing humanistic education in China. The last section will state the employment of the teaching methods which can help to enhance the adult learners’ participation, self-awareness, interactive skill and critical thinking skills in humanistic education.

KEYWORDS

Humanistic education, Learner-centred education, Adult education, Learner's self-actualization

CITE THIS PAPER

Jinhua Huang. Humanistic Education-a Teaching Philosophical Perspective in Adult Education. Adult and Higher Education (2021) 3: 61-68 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aduhe.2021.030214

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