CHAPTER THREE

THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER

Teachers play a crucial and vital role in the molding of students, they guide students to attain the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the world. In fact, the main goal of this chapter is to describe what it means to be a facilitator of learning.

Let´s tackle some aspects about this chapter such as in the learner-centered classroom, being a facilitator of learning is more a requirement and less an option since teachers provide the knowledge to students but it is them who master the material and develop learning skills.

However, facilitative teachers have also been compared to guides and according to Hill (1980, p.48) he mentions that teachers and students climb together since the guide rope links mountain climbers together so that they may assist one another in the ascent. It means that teachers and students are responsible of having a meaningful learning.

Moreover, Barr and Tagg (1995, p.24) they assign another role for teachers and it is “coach” by focusing on “A coach not only instructs football players but also designs football practices and the game plan” in others words the teacher participate in the learning process by taking into consideration (making decisions) to help students in their learning.

In addition to be a teacher is really hard and challenging since we need to assume many roles to guide our students which let them learn and develop their skills in a successful and practical way.

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