Carl. Carl Lanson Rogers (1902- 1987) is a famous American psychologist, psychotherapy expert and educational reformer. As a humanistic psychologist, he created an "unguided" or "visitor-centered" treatment method in the field of psychotherapy and applied the concept of "visitor-centered" to education.

He put forward the educational idea of "non-directive teaching" or "student-centered", which has had a great influence all over the world. His book "Free Learning" is an important work reflecting this educational idea and method.

The life of Rogers

Carl rogers was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the fourth of six children. His father is a civil engineer and his mother is a devout Christian. She created a close-knit religious family environment. He was able to read before he entered kindergarten and received formal education from the second grade.

/kloc-When he was 0/2 years old, his family moved to a farm 30 miles west of Chicago. His adolescence was spent in a self-disciplined, organized and independent environment. He was interested in natural science in his early days, so he went to the University of Wisconsin to study agronomy first. Two years later, he decided to enter the church department and work as a pastor in a small church in Vermont as part of his study.

1924 After graduating from Wisconsin, he married Helen Elliot against his parents' wishes. After traveling to China and the Philippines with the World Federation of Christian Students, he went to the United Theological Seminary (new york City) and later transferred to the Teachers College of Columbia University, where he obtained a degree in clinical and educational psychology.