According to Benjamin Bloom, “knowledge was the necessary precondition for putting these skills and abilities into practice.” He along with Max Englehart, Edward Furst, Walter Hill, and David Krathwohl, decided to create something to categorize one’s educational goals. This is famously known as “Bloom’s Taxonomy.” Bloom’ Taxonomy consists of six different categories. Each of these categories have been split and organized to fit everyone’s educational needs. Although they have been revised, both are self explanatory and helpful.
These six categories are as follows, Remember, Understand, Apply, Analyze, Evaluate and Create. Remember has to do with recalling facts, or defining and memorizing. Understand is to explain the ideas and/or concepts. Apply is using the new information in new situations. Analyze is drawing connections with all the different ideas. Evaluate is to justify and or make the decision based on the facts and leanings. Create is to produce new and original work.
Maslow’s Hierarchy has to do with human motivation in psychology. The hierarchy describes the needs of one’s self actualization and self transcendence. In total, there are five layers. Four of these layers, are what are called, “deficiency needs” which include friendships, self-esteem, love, physical needs and security. The five layers are described as self-accusation, esteem, love/belonging, safety, and physiological. Physiological has to do with love, sex, water, food, and sleep. things us humans subconsciously need. Safety has to do with securing the body, like having things that keep one “safe” like family, self care of the body, employment and health. Love/belonging can has to do with friendships, relationships and sexual intimacy. Things that are most important for us as humans. These things have to do with making us humans feel better about ourselves. Self-esteem has to do with how we feel about ourselves, which affects how outsiders see ourselves. It has a lot to do with respect from other and of others. Last but not least, is self-actualization which includes, morality, creativity and problem solving, This has to do a lot with how one can deal with certain issues in life.
I believe these two theories relate because of both of their top layers. They both have to do with the human thought, but different aspects. But, both of their top layers have to do with creativity and problem solving whether it’d be with everyday life, or a simple question asked in class.
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