Facilitating

The more I try facilitating and encourage everyone in class to speak and learn from each other, the more comfortable I become with this and the more I see learning take place. Finkel mentions this in his book and says that teachers need to let students learn from each other but as a facilitator, need to act as a spotlight, keep everyone focused and productive and keep conversations orderly. Topics can easily get off track and a good facilitator knows when to bring things back together. It is a challenge but a way to allow for students to learn from one another with less talking from the teacher.