Curriculum Types. Teacher as Facilitator. Teacher As Facilitator Theresa London Cooper Teachers, especially new teachers, so desperately want their students to learn that they often end up doing most of the work. The truth is we must see ourselves as facilitators of learning who possess knowledge, not as the keepers of knowledge. We must provide students with opportunities to be in charge of their learning, discover new ideas, gain insight, and make connections.
How do we accomplish this task? During my time as a classroom teacher, I found the following tips helpful. Plan ahead and think about the needs of your students. If we are to move students toward independence, we must take the position of coach and facilitator, helping students use what they know to learn what they need to know. Are you a facilitator or a dispenser of information? E-mail Theresa.
Restoring Meaning to Teaching: Examining Beliefs About How Children Learn. Home | Resources | Restoring Meaning to Teaching Ten teachers4 from two schools are sitting in an elementary classroom. They have recently begun meeting every couple of weeks to talk about teaching and learning. The following perspectives are from their dialogue about learning, a dialogue that occurred in their third two-hour meeting. Beth: Learning involves repetition, lots of repetition—doing things over and over again—that's how kids learn.
They have learned it if they can repeat it, answer the questions. Jane: In learning, hands are doing and the learning comes from what they are doing. Carrie: I picture learning as someone pouring stuff into your head from the pitcher of knowledge, feeding stimuli, helping you learn. Maureen: Well, students are not learning when the teacher is talking all of the time. Lisa: I think that students have to construct their own knowledge and that is based on what they bring with them—their prior knowledge—and what experiences the teachers provide. Spectrum of Teaching Styles - Styles.
R. Gagne. Differentiated Instruction. Glasser. Wiggins and McTighe. John Dewey. Carl Rogers. Bloom. Carol Tomlinson. Technology. Heidi Hayes Jacobs.