Teacher as mediator

“ The best teachers are those who show you where to look, but don’t tell you what to see” 

   Nowadays there are a lot of sources from which students can learn. Even robots can be teachers, but do they pay attention to students age, level, interests and needs? That’s why the main role of the teacher is mediator.  

   I imagine the mediator in such way: when I was a child I was always going with my parents in the forest to pick up mushrooms. I picked every mushroom that I found and then my mother was sorting them. She told me and taught which one was good and which was bad. And in time I knew what to pick up. In this way my mother was a mediator. So, teachers should “pick up” only appropriate materials for students. They can also recycle materials, using 3P approach to make them more communicative. 

   Furthermore, teachers should only show where to look, but don’t tell what to see to develop in our students creative and critical thinking. We should teach our students to think critically from their childhood and make it as a routine, so when they grow up they could find and tell much more details that you expected from them.