Document Type
Issue Area Four
Abstract
Infusing technology into the curriculum will ultimately change the learning environment and the role of the teacher. Many authors have pointed out that teachers will become facilitators of learning rather than dispensers of information-"the guide on the side instead of the sage on the stage." Learning activities will involve "real problems" and students will work cooperatively in small groups. Peer teaching among students will increase. Rather than breaking the school day into blocks of time devoted to specific disciplines, education will be problem-centered and interdisciplinary. Teachers will be more involved in assuring access to information and resources from the external world, instead of relying on textbooks, worksheets, and resources within the schools walls. Collaborative learning activities will become more common as telecommunications technologies facilitate sharing ideas and information.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
6
Issue
1
First Page
105
Last Page
107
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1996 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Dawson, Arletta
(1996)
"Facilitator vs. Dispenser of Information,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 31.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol6/iss1/31
