Hang around smart people with the teacher as a facilitator,students have more power to learn, and they learn more.
Confident people know that the accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor requires commitment.
They know that it is only to that in which they truly value and believe are they willing to be committed. Maybe these teachers are operating under a different paradigm than your ordinary teacher and have a different understanding of why we teach and what outcomes we seek. The old teaching value system needs reevaluation to develop a model that binds research-supported strategies and learning theories. For many educators, the constructivist approach to teaching is this binding philosophy. The constructivist model incorporates a multitude of research-based learning theories that give students and teachers the active role in the learning process.