rep. Revista Española de Pedagogía

In education today there are antihumanistic tendencies, especially in university teaching. Humanism is the basis of Western culture, and for this reason, teaching today needs to cultivate its values. In addition to classic humanism, we need to take scientific humanism into account too, in such a way that technology and teacher training both have a humanistic base. The Humanistic Teaching that I propose is based on the following three thesis: 1) The need to help the student by guiding, stimulating and correcting him/her. 2) The need for the systematic and thorough teaching of intellectual concepts. 3) The need to transcend relativism in learning, ethics and values. José María Quintana Cabanas

Key Words: Teaching, education, humanism, study, intellectual effort.