When I think of a teacher, I most usually think of a person who stands at the front of the classroom giving out information and taking feedback from younger peoples, or students. There is a new idea in education, however, that puts the teacher of a classroom into a new position: the facilitator. A facilitator is one who helps others communicate or get something done. Instead of a lecturing format, the classroom in which the teacher is the facilitator becomes an area for open discussion - an area in which the students do the majority of the talking. This idea also reminds me of the teaching method called constructivism, a concept that allows students to "teach themselves" in a sense.
The goal in both constructivism and facilitating is to allow students more control over their learning - to make it direct and worthwhile at the maximum level. Isn't this many times a teacher's goal?
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