It was American educator Rogers who put forward the idea of people-oriented education.

Rogers' humanistic theoretical viewpoints include but are not limited to:

1, self-theory of personality:

Self-theory is the core of Rogers' personality theory and the basis of his psychotherapy theory and humanistic education theory. Rogers believes that the individual is the existence of a complete organism and the birthplace of all experiences. Driven by self-realization, it grows and develops, and the result is the development, expansion and realization of "self" and "self-concept".

2, psychotherapy theory:

Rogers put forward "people-centered therapy" which represents the mainstream of humanistic psychotherapy. That is, if visitors are provided with the best psychological environment or atmosphere, they will try their best to know themselves to the greatest extent, change their views on themselves and others, produce self-guiding behavior, and finally reach the level of mental health.

3. Educational philosophy:

Since the 1960s, Rogers has extended his theory of "people-centered therapy" beyond the field of psychotherapy, forming a "student-centered" educational view. He believes that students' learning is an experiential learning, with the growth of students' experience as the center and students' spontaneity and initiative as the learning motivation.

Therefore, the goal of education is to promote students' changes, make students learn to learn, and cultivate students into "free men" who can adapt to changes, know how to learn, have unique personality characteristics and give full play to their functions.

Rogers stressed that in the process of achieving this goal, teachers should implement the theory and strategy of "non-guiding" teaching, that is, teachers should respect and care for students and resonate with them emotionally and ideologically; We should understand students sympathetically as therapists treat visitors, understand their reactions from the bottom of their hearts, and be sensitive to their views on education and learning; We should trust students and feel their trust at the same time. Only in this way can we achieve the ideal educational effect.

Rogers's main contribution:

1, developed the personality theory:

Rogers was one of the most important personality theorists in the West from 1960s to 1980s. He emphasized the integrity of personality, the role of self in personality and the cultivation of healthy personality, which had an important influence on self-psychology.

In addition, Rogers tried to understand people's self-concept and physical experience by using Q analysis technology, which became the operation technology of some key concepts of his personality theory, and thus attracted the attention of mainstream psychologists. Many people are still deeply interested in Rogers' personality theory, and have verified and developed his theoretical viewpoint in their own practice.

2, opened up a new method of psychotherapy:

Rogers put forward "people-centered therapy", which is another important theory in the field of psychotherapy after Freud. He holds a positive and optimistic attitude towards human nature, advocates human freedom of choice, advocates human initiative and creativity, and refutes mechanical determinism of behaviorism and biological determinism of psychoanalysis. The method is simple, does not need long-term rigorous training, and the treatment time is short.

3. Promote the development of educational theory;

Rogers' student-centered educational thought is one of the three influential educational theories since World War II. In the classification study of "teaching mode", Rogers' "non-guiding teaching" is listed at the top of "individual right type", which shows his extensive and far-reaching influence on education.

He opposes that traditional education suppresses human nature and values knowledge over emotion, and advocates emphasizing students' self-potential, establishing a good teacher-student relationship and classroom atmosphere, and stimulating students' subjective initiative, autonomy and creativity. These ideas and spirits have been integrated into the contemporary western education system.