The teacher is the instructor and decision maker. The teacher is a facilitator and guide. The students are the decision makers. The learning experience is often competitive in nature. The competition is usually between students.
Students resent others using their ideas.
Learning may be co-operative, collaborative or independent. Students work together to reach a common goal. Students compete with their own previous performance, not against peers. Series of smaller teacher defined tasks organized within separate subject disciplines. Authentic, interdisciplinary projects and problems.