How do teachers facilitate learning?
Learning applies to the process of gaining new skills, knowledge, attitudes or insights. Once you recognize that, you can define teaching methods that contribute to, or facilitate, a student’s learning, as detailed at the Ncver website.Learning TheoriesHistorically, the teaching profession has subscribed to two different learning theories. One holds that the student functions as a passive learner, with the teacher’s function that of “filling an empty vessel” with information. The second theory regards the student as an active participant in creating new knowledge.Learner-centered TeachingAccording to the second theory, the teacher best facilitates student learning by actively engaging the student in the knowledge acquisition process. The instructor does this by making the student the central focus of the teaching methodology.Interactive LearningImplementing a teaching program that incorporates interactive approaches to learning and encourages “hands-on” learning plays an important part
