That began a successful effort by Aspy, Lyon, Rogers, and others to re-label it "person-centered teaching", replacing the term "humanistic education."
Students are encouraged to make choices that range from day-to-day activities to periodically setting future life goals.
Humanistic educators disagree with routine testing because they teach students rote memorization as opposed to meaningful learning.
Their conclusions corroborated the earlier findings of Carl Rogers's that the more effective teachers were empathic, caring for or prizing their students, and were authentic or genuine in their classroom presence.
[11] In 2010 Jeffrey Cornelius-White and Adam Harbaugh published a large meta-analysis on Learner Centered Instruction including in their analysis of the higher quality studies on person-centered or humanistic education since 1948.
The indoor setting may contain a few tables and chairs, bean bags for quiet reading and relaxation, book shelves, hide-aways, kitchens, much color and art posted on the walls.
You might find tree houses, outdoor kitchens, sand boxes, play sets, natural materials, sporting activities, etc.