What is my teaching approach?

As I read the book "Approaches to Teaching" By Fenstermacher, I have been able to really get a good look at the three approaches to teaching; the Executive Approach, the Facilitator Approach, and the Liberationist Approach. I believe that I will combine these approaches when I am teaching. I do not think that one person can use only one approach to teaching and that classroom will run smoothly. There are certain activities and lessons that will be done that will need to be taught in different ways. Would you teach an art lesson using the Executive Approach? No. I think that you can start out that way when giving the instructions and directions of the lesson but I think that you will use the Facilitator Approach when doing something like this. You will be there to help the students if they need it but an art project should not be something that you tell your students how to do. This needs to be something that comes out of their brains and onto their paper. For me, I will use the Executive Approach the most but I will definitely incorporate the other two approaches periodically. I know that some of them don't really work well with others. You really wouldn't be able to be an Executive and a Liberationist. Those two are at opposite ends of the spectrum. The Executive and the Facilitator would work really well together and also the Facilitator and the Liberationsist would work good together.

The Executive Approach fits me because that is how I work. I need structure and for there to be a routine. I do not like it when things change and when things are wishy washy. Some people call me OCD or anal but it's just they way that I am. I cannot help that. I will run my classroom like this because it is how I work but I also believe that my students would really appreciate there being some sort of routine so they always know what to expect when they come into the classroom.