"I was brought up to think of a teacher as one who is responsible for what students should learn, how, and if they have learned. Teachers are supposed to transmit prescribed content, control the way students receive and use it, and then test if they have received it.
That is how all my teachers had performed. It was the only model of teaching I knew… I remember feeling so good when my students did what I told them to do, which was most of the time… I felt physically rewarded by being such a good transmitter of content and controller of students. I was a really good teacher.
My self-concept has changed from teacher to facilitator of learning. I saw my role shifting from content-transmitter to process manager and –only secondarily, content resource.
I experienced myself as adopting a different set of functions that required a different set of skills. Instead of performing the function of content planner and transmitter, which required primarily presentation skills, I was performing the function of process designer and manager which required relationship building, needs assessment, involvement of students in planning, linking students to learning resources and encouraging student initiative.
I had never been tempted since to revert to the role of the teacher".