The Disappearance of the Teacher, The Pygmalion Effect and Montessori
The Teacher’s Disappearance Given that one has resolved how to be a virtuous teacher, self-nullification needs to be constantly practised. It feels inconvenient witnessing one’s power reduce as the students’ autonomy takes roots. It also feels ironic, since a primary nudge to choose the teaching profession has been the wish to be in the spotlight-always necessary to the weaker. However, this disruptive feeling informing us that our necessity fades, - is in fact the flesh- and-blood evidence of good teaching. If one can trust their learners with their acquired means and knowledge, probably, the teaching has been successful. Still, is it inherently possible to compromise with one’s disappearance? It opposes to our human nature. It is hurtful and still an integral stage of teaching practice, which entails a well-planned disappearance-management plan. Our learners are now independent, -our task is officially fulfilled. We are left agonizing over what our future h...