The opposite of these two possibilities is being radically democratic. That means accepting the directive nature of education. Every stage requires balancing the teacher's power with the student's emerging self-direction. Most people seem to think that there is one way to teach well. Good teaching does two things.
Good teaching is situational, yet it promotes the long-term development of the student.
Conflicts among teachers with different styles. In typical polarizing fashion, each group compares its virtues to the other's faults. A similar point is made concerning the debate about andragogy in adult education. I have listened for many years to colleagues who devalue their counterparts. Whatever its faults, the SSDL model provides a way to honor the strengths of a broad range of teaching styles.