The last principle of the previous section referred to the Learning Facilitator, a new approach to the traditional role of the educator. While teaching has been widely centered on telling, a one-way communication through lectures and master classes, the “sage on the stage” model has been increasingly questioned as an appropriate pedagogical approach, and we are witnessing a transition toward the “guide on the side.” Perhaps a better role needed from the 21st-century educator is to facilitate learning. But what does learning facilitation look like?
When we talk about “learning facilitation,” the first conceptual shift is that the focus is on the learning, and not on the teaching.1 It concerns what happens ...
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