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Articles: “Reality Check: Sage on the Stage vs. Guide on the Side” Designer Librarian. July 23 2013. “What Is the Teacher’s Job When Teaching?” Schooling by

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the speaker, presenter, or subject matter expert (SME) as the sage on the stage.   The phrase “guide on the side vs sage on the stage” is at least 20 years old (see Alison King’s origina...

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I think it would be unwise for any instructor to pigeon hole themselves as one or the other. I good instructor does their best to accommodate the learning needs of the class. There will always be...

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Hat tip to Web of Substance for this link to an article about whole-class interactive teaching. Whole class instruction has become unpopular in education circles. One often hears the tedious bro...

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Exactly, you and I are in the same "camp". I am both a guide on the side and a sage on the stage, as every good teacher needs to be. Thank you for your excellent article.

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I had a nagging curiosity towards the debates in education and being unfamiliar with them I found this post to be good induction. Thanks!

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In reply to Heloise. The direct instruction vs. constructivism a...

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"There is plentiful research that supports direct instruction (aka the sage approach) as an effective and efficient way to teach students in situations where they hold little or no prior knowledg...

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Twenty years ago, a small article by Alison King appeared in the journal College Teaching. It was titled "From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side." That article would come to represent the b...

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