Fenstermacher, G. Soltis, J (2009) Approaches to Teaching. Teachers College Press: New York and London
The Authors talks about the three approaches in general in this chapter.
The Authors mentioned that each approach has its own characteristics, teacher could mixed them in order to get better results.
The teacher is the manager of complex
classroom process, he is charged of
bringing certain outcomes of the
students, using the best skills and
techniques available.
LIBERATIONIST APPROACH
The teacher is the one who frees and opends
the mind of the learner, inittiating them into
human ways of knowing and becoming a
moral human being.
FACILITATOR APPROACH
The teacher is typically an empathetic
person who believes in helping individuals
grow personally and reach a high level of self
actualizacion and self understanding