Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h8RLOTV19432; Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:24:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:24:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <6A7C1460.476A56CA.0AB94E44@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:681] Re: from Cris, Qualities of a good facilitator X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 1182 Lines: 14 In a message dated 9/27/2003 1:40:19 PM Mountain Standard Time, cb.king@verizon.net writes: why are we "facilitators" and not "teachers"? Someone asked me this outside of the listserv. The terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Facilitator, as used in this discussion, is based on critical pedagogy and the idea that knowledge is not transmitted from the teacher to the learner, an empty vessel (Freire's banking model of education). But rather, the learner discovers new knowledge and the teacher facilitates the process by which the learner acquires it. So a teacher that creates spaces where students discover new knowledge can be referred to as a facilitator to be distinguished from the traditional teacher that transmits knowledge for students to memorize and regurgitate. This process is also used in Montessori where the teachers create the spaces and then, they are supposed to become virtually invisible, except that they help the students when they request assistance. In Montessori, the only good teachers are the ones that you don't see. I guess this is sort like the only good cops are.... Never mind, Andres go here: www.geocities.com/andresmuro/art.html
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