{"id":14239,"date":"2022-01-11T10:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/?post_type=lessonplans&#038;p=5927"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:02:28","slug":"who-is-the-teacher","status":"publish","type":"teachertoolkit","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/teachertoolkit\/who-is-the-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is the Teacher?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Preparation:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make a slide deck to share with students either using the classroom projector or with a shared screen function in the online setting.\u00a0 In the deck you\u2019ll want to include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, a slide entitled \u201cWho is the teacher?\u201d with two pictures\u2014one an adult who is teaching and one a young person who is teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Second, make a slide entitled \u201cWhich could be students?\u201d. This slide should include several pictures ranging from adults in different professions to animals to inanimate objects.<\/li>\n<li>Third, have a slide with the questions \u201cCan children teach adults? Can adults be students?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Finally, make a slide entitled \u201cWhat are some things you have taught?\u201d. If you are online, you can fill that slide in with them in real time. If you are in-person you can make the list on the whiteboard or in another central location visible to all students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photos of examples of each slide are included below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Activity:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With your students, go through each slide one by one, pausing to talk and reflect about each.<\/p>\n<p>For the first slide, questions will arise regarding why many people assume the adult is the teacher, whether there is a difference between <em>being<\/em> a teacher and teaching something, and whether children can be teachers.<\/p>\n<p>For the second slide, work through each picture one by one. Questions that come up with depend on the images used, but for the image below questions included: Can a professional be a student? Can dogs be students? Why can\u2019t a birthday cake be a student? Is there a difference between a student and someone who is simply learning something?<\/p>\n<p>For the third slide, facilitate a discussion about whether children can teach adults and whether adults can be students. What things might an adult need to learn? What would the students like to teach adults if they were given a chance?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, ask the students to think about the things they have taught others. Make a list. If there is time, you might ask: Did you think of yourself as a teacher before this discussion? Do you think of yourself as one now?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Slide1-300x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/slide2-300x168.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/slide3-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/slide4-300x164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparation: Make a slide deck to share with students either using the classroom projector or with a shared screen function in the online setting.\u00a0 In the deck you\u2019ll want to include: First, a slide entitled \u201cWho is the teacher?\u201d with two pictures\u2014one an adult who is teaching and one a young person who is teaching. <a href=\"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/teachertoolkit\/who-is-the-teacher\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Who is the Teacher?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14503,"template":"","toolkitcategory":[757,29,754],"gradelevel":[47,46],"topics":[418,417,416],"class_list":["post-14239","teachertoolkit","type-teachertoolkit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","toolkitcategory-epistemology","toolkitcategory-history-social-studies","toolkitcategory-philosophy","gradelevel-middle-school","gradelevel-primary-elementary","topics-epistemic-justice","topics-philosophical-skills","topics-questions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is the Teacher? - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who is the Teacher? - PLATO - Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Preparation: Make a slide deck to share with students either using the classroom projector or with a shared screen function in the online setting.\u00a0 In the deck you\u2019ll want to include: First, a slide entitled \u201cWho is the teacher?\u201d with two pictures\u2014one an adult who is teaching and one a young person who is teaching. ... 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