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Teachers as
Facilitators of
Learning
 Do w e teach
people the way
we were taught?
How do YOU
teach?
 Should the
students learn
the same way
their teachers
did?
 What is 21st Century Education?
The world of teachers and students is expected
to continue to change dramatically where a
paradigm shift in the way teaching and learning
is delivered.

Critical Attributes of the 21st Century Education

Source: 21st Century Schools (2011)
• Integrated and Interdisciplinary
• Technologies and Multimedia
• Global Classrooms
• Creating/Adapting to Constant Personal
and Social Change, and Lifelong Learning
• Student-
• Centered 21st
• Century Skills
• Project-Based and
Research Driven Relevant,
Rigorous and Real World
 New Parameters for Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
The changes and developments in the 21st Century Education fall
into the following key categories (Zhou, 2006):
1. New environment of learning
-innovative and modern ways of teaching and learning
using technology as teaching tool.
2. New content of learning
Traditional Learning Content 21st Century Learning Content

• teacher-centered
• emphasis on subject knowledge
• supply driven
• individual learning
• mastery of itemized information or
factual knowledge
• heavy emphasis on core subjects
• technical and vocational
learning relegated to the
background
• learner-centered
• focus on intellectual abilities
• demand-driven
• cooperative learning
• focus on acquisition of
learning tools
• balance
• balance on general vs
vocational components
3.New Process of Learning
In the 21st century, there are other ways to gain
knowledge aside from formal academic settings such
as schools and universities.

4. New Types of Learners

Teaching in the 21st century has to evolve and adapt to
the changing needs of our new generation of learners

5. New Spaces/Dimensions of Learning

The 21st century also allows the exploration of learning
outside the four walls of the classroom. While most
traditional classes are held in the confines of the classroom,
modern-day classes are now also being held in such places
as parks, school yards, museums, workplaces, homes, and
other venues to enhance the real life experience of
learners.
 The 21st Century
Teacher as a Facilitator
of Learning
Curriculum reforms are in
the offing for the 21st century
schools as we depart from the
traditional teacher-centered,
chalk-and –talk schooling of the
past.
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 Schools are
transforming slowly
where teachers, students,
& the community are
interconnected with one
another and the rest of the
world via the World Wide
Web. 6
What is Facilitative Teaching?
Facilitative teaching is teaching that
guides, instigates, motivates
and students to learn.
Facilitative teaching uses learner-
centered, teaching-learning
instead of teacher-centered. practices,
As a teacher , you are a facilitator
rather than the sole source of learning
that uses appropriate instructional
strategies and creates positive learning
environment.
Characteristics Facilitative Teachers

oAttentive

oGenuine

oUnderstanding

oRespectful
What kind of
Teaching
Style you
Practice?
Let us try
Answer all nine questions found in the
Teaching Style Self Evaluation by Jennifer Stein in
5 minutes.

What is your dominant teaching

style?
Count the number of times you circled each
letter and write the frequency counts on the table
below the questions. For example if you answered
“A” in for of the nine questions in the list, write
four. Do the same procedure to the rest of your
answers.
Formal Authority
-tend to focus on content and
is generally teacher-centered style.

Demonstrator or Personal Model

-tend to act as model, then as
a coach/guide in helping students
develop and apply their skills.
Facilitator
- tend to focus on activities, and
there is much more responsibility placed on
students to take the initiative for meeting
the demands of various learning tasks.

Delegator
- tend to place much control and
responsibility for learning on learners,
which often give students the choice in
designing and implementing their own
complex learning projects.
 The 21st Century Teacher as a
Classroom Manager
Who is a classroom manager?
The classroom manager is responsible for
providing a conducive learning environment for 21st
century teaching and learning.

Classroom management is the primary task of

a teacher, and very difficult one, too.

Traditional View of Classroom Management

Management is focus on creating and
implementing classroom and procedures to
rules control students’
behavior.
“There are two
kinds of teachers:
the kind that fill
you with so much
quail shot that you
can't move, and
the kind that just
gives you a little
prod behind and you
jump to the
skies.”
Robert Frost