One Facilitator, Nine Teachers, and Ten Learners

by Dwayne Phillips

Facilitated learning sessions offer big benefits. They are not as easy to arrange, but are much better than other methods.

There are various ways to conduct classes and learning. The usual method is to have one teacher and nine students. The teacher talks, the students listen (we hope), and the students learn (we hope).

Another method is to have a facilitator. This person asks the students things like, “What strikes you in this material? What does it mean to you? How will it change your life?”

The students talk along these lines. The students teach one another what the material means to them. Hmmm, catch that? “The students teach one another.” There are now nine teachers.

And all nine students and the facilitator learn from one another. There are ten learners.

Funny how this math works. To me, ten learners is much better than one teacher and nine students. Try this. I find it worth the effort.