Three Approaches to Teaching

The three approaches to teaching are the Executive Approach, the Facilitator Approach, and the Liberationist Approach. When using these different approaches, you will find that they are all very different from each other.

The Executive Approach is one that the teacher is more of a dictator. The teachers classroom is very structured and the students know the expectations of the class. The rules are set at the very beginning of school and the students know what their expectations are and what the rules are. The teacher is quite strict all throughout the school year.

The Facilitator Approach is one where the teacher focuses on the backgrounds of all the students and uses that knowledge to make the lesson plans and to gear the lessons towards. This teacher has all of his/her students feelings in mind when doing things and there will always be something that ties to one of the students.

The Liberationist Approach is one which the teacher puts the information out for the students to learn and then has the students do what they want to learn that material. The teacher is there when the student needs help but the learning is based on what the students want to learn. The teacher is also there as a guide to his/her students.

I believe that the three approaches are all great and that some people may use one more than the other but I don't think that you can be a good teacher if you don't use all three of these approaches. There needs to be some sort of combination when it comes to being a great teacher.