The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but

rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Khalil Gibran An effective teacher who does not bid his/her learners enter the house of his wisdom, but rather bid them to the threshold of their own. student-centered, zone of proximal development and that we are leaders who serve as an example of how focusing outwards can produce the greatest results. Teachers and learners If (the teacher) is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. (Gibran 1991: 76)*1+ nowledge from teacher to student, or is it about creating conditions in which, somehow, students learn for themselves? i.e. If you were to walk into a classroom, where would you expect to see the teacher standing at the front controlling affairs, or moving around the classroom quietly helping the students only when needed?

on learner-centered teaching, that is teaching which makes the learners needs and experience central to the educational process:

student activity is taking place rather than one in which the teacher performs well. This is manifested in classrooms where students are given tasks to work on (with the teachers help) during which real learning takes place: the teacher is no longer the giver of knowledge, the controller, and the authority

-centered classrooms a teacher is expected to have certain special qualities: maturity, intuition, educational skills (to develop students awareness of language and learning), an openness to student input, and a greater tolerance of uncertainty. -centeredness, describing it as a myth (ONeill 1991)*2+. ONeill finds it a form of neglect that we let students do the learning on their own with teachers only intervening when and if needed -giving role.

s nothing wrong with old-fashioned teacher-fronting; it has always worked well, and many students feel more comfortable with it.

explain something to the whole class. Yet there are also many activities where encouraging students to solve their own problems on their own or in pairs or groups, will have enormously beneficial effects both on learning, and on the dynamics and atmosphere in the classroom. Our behavior will depend on how we feel about teaching and what we are comfortable with, on the type of activity our students are involved in, and on who the students are and how they feel about what we are asking them to do.

A teacher is thought provoking, someone who asks students to think deeply about questions and answers not given exactly by others A teacher plays the role of a leader ,an enthusiast, an entertainer, an optimist, a collaborator, a revolutionary, trying things out, experimenting and exploring so students are exchanged in lessons that get them transformed as individuals applying the whole brain learning Not only pass the examinations but also apply what they have learned in real life situations

Commitment Competence Creativity Compassion Character