Technocratic and Humanistic Trends in Education: New Tunes

The technocratic, humanistic, and holistic paradigms of childbirth.

This article describes three paradigms of health care that heavily influence contemporary childbirth, most particularly in the west, but increasingly around the world: the technocratic, humanistic, and holistic models of medicine. These models differ fundamentally in their definitions of the body and its relationship to the mind, and thus in the health care approaches they charter. The technocr...

Humanistic Education: Concerns, Implications and Applications

Humanistic approach introduced by the ideas of Scholars like Erickson, Roger, and Maslow began to permeate the field of second language teaching and learning towards the end of 1970. According to Lei (2007) humanistic approach emphasizes the importance of the inner world of the learner and places the individual’s thought, emotions and feelings at the forefront of all human development. Due to t...

The humanistic side of medical education.

A historical review of the concept of labor support in technocratic, humanistic and holistic paradigms of childbirth

Background In the past century, maternal support during childbirth has been changed according to the different approaches suggested by various health care paradigms. Objective The aim of this review was to argue the maternity supportive care paradigms of the past century and to closely analyze each paradigm. Methods This is a historical review, in which published articles were retrieved fro...

The Best of the Humanistic and Technocratic: Why the Most Effective Work in Philanthropy Requires a Balance

The Rise of Rationality at Foundations – and an Emerging False Dichotomy Over the past 15 years, a technocratic approach to philanthropy has become more common and brought numerous benefits to the field. While the term “technocratic” may carry negative connotations, it embodies elements that are positive: It typically involves experts applying business principles to help foundations define thei...