Many of the students are receivers. Some are judgemental who are decission maker.

Usually, the environment we as teachers offer our students make them take the dice of passive receivers or decision makers. The teaching and learning processes are not the sole duty of the teacher. It is a car with two main members- the teacher being the driver and the students being the passengers. The driver makes the ultimate decisions, yet, his/her driving expedition on the road would be very successful when s/he allow the passengers to partake in the decisions that s/he makes.

Similarly, a teacher has to allow the students to play active roles as decision makers in the teaching and learning processes. They must be allowed to explore, search and knock doors for answers to topics presented them as discoverers of knowledge while the teacher acts as a coach or facilitator to streamline the discovery of students in line with the objectives laid out for the lesson. However, the position of the teacher must command respect and dignity so that students do not abuse their opportunity as co-deciders of the teaching and learning processes. S/he must be very disciplined to assist students to unearth knowledge.

That notwithstanding, the teacher must allow the students to be decision makers and not passive receivers of materials who are spoon-fed like babies otherwise, they would not cultivate the desire to grow, to mature as great researchers who are prepared to take the mantle of leadership from us.

Dickson Adom

Dear Anirbid Sircar 

You are right but I think it is our duty to activate them to be more active. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions.

Liqaa  

Dear Dickson Adom 

Very nice example.  Letting the students to do what they like in the way they like is primarily teacher's responsibility. His classroom polices effects the role of students in class. Thank you so much dear colleague for your valuable comment. 

Liqaa 

Hi 

I usually give them a chance to be decision makers by letting them participate in choosing the topics or determining the content of the next lecture. 

 I usually would like to allow the my students to play active roles as decision makers in the teaching and learning processes. It is very important for them.

Regards.

Dear Liqaa Habeb,

    Decision makers by students is much better in learning than passive receivers of the knowledge which presented to them, this is involved not only in theoretical lectures or practical sessions but also it is involved in the questions of the exam. In other words decision makers means: teach the students how to learn? Not only in the studying period but in future practical life. One of the limitation of the decision makers is the time factor, to teach the students how they make a decision needs more time than passive teaching.

   For me I find myself more in practical session with my students because in these sessions I can achieve the active learning to them not the passive way of teaching.

With my warm regards

Raid

Amazing comment dear Dr Raid M. Al-Ani.  I highly appreciate your rich answer. 

Liqaa 

تحياتي

أرى أن لاتكون المحاضرة مقبرة لأفكارهم ، وهذا ما لايكون الا اذا جعلنا طلبتنا يؤمنون ان افكارهم تمتلك الحياة.

مهمتنا معهم ان نجلو افكارهم، ثم نترك لها حرية ان يفكروا، وأن  نبدع كيما تستطيع افكارنا ان تستوطن عقولهم وقلوبهم، وهذا يعني ان فرصتنا في تحقيق كل مهامنا السابقة معهم مشروط بجعلهم يحبوننا.

عملنا معهم كعمل الام التي تقشر فاكهة البرتقال لطفلها، فإذا تم لها ذلك انتهت مهمتها، انها لا تذوق نيابة عن طفلها... وهي لاتحب البرتقالة او تكرهها نيابة عنه، وهي لا تهضمها ولا تتمقلها نيابة عنه اسضا...!

علينا تماما أن نلبس الفكرة ثوبا قصيرا حينما نضعها قبالة وسائل ادراك طلبتنا...

علينا حينما تكون افكارهم اقل نضجا واكثر مرضا ان نمارس معهم دور المرآة المحدبة،  أما اذا كانت افكارهم ناضجة ومعافاة فعلينا ان نمارس معهم  دور المرآة المقعرة...

 هكذا ببساطة تامة تامة اتعامل مع طلبتي... شكرا لسؤالك.... 

Beautiful ideas dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli. Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

Dear Zijad Dzafic 

You are absolutely right that it is important to help students to become decision makers.  Thank you so much for your valuable answer. 

Liqaa 

Amazing ideas dear colleague عباس امير معارز الشمري.  I highly appreciate your rich answer. 

Liqaa 

Treating them as a decision makers or as a passive receivers of material? The mental framework of imparter decides the purpose of training. If the idea is to teach only without ascertaining whether they have understood and are able to apply in decision making  situations,than passive training is fine.

However if the object of training is to impart skills/decision making attitudes(pro active vs Reactive etc, than treating them as decision makers and using case study model would lead to their improvement of thought process,decision making and actual decision in simulated real life case studies/ exercises,The PURPOSE OF TRAINING IS TO EQUIP THEM FOR THEIR TASKS WHICH INCLUDES DECISION MAKING IN UNCERTAINTY. Hence passive training is not utility oriented. Treating them as decision makers will boost their confidence and also adds to acceptability of the training in decision making skills.

Amazing viewpoint dear Surender Ramamurthy.  Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions. 

Liqaa 

https://soundout.org/students-as-decision-makers/

Beautiful question

 A wonderful answer دكتور عباس أمير

Indeed, our students are like our children. The treatment with them is like a mother's treatment of her newborn, giving him all the tenderness and attention

Greetings

I agree with Dr.Azhar

 Thank you so much for sharing this link dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli.  

Dear Azhar Abdulameer Sosa 

You have a wonderful motherly style of teaching.  I like it too much. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable experience. 

Liqaa 

Thank you so much for your answer Ali hadi Ghawi. 

Liqaa 

Dear Dr. Liqaa The questions you pose are very topics of value to both the teaching and the researcher

I wish you all the best

Dear Azhar Abdulameer Sosa

Thank you so much for your nice words. I highly appreciate them. 

Liqaa 

Hi

Decision making skills are worth learning and it is very useful for their future personalities. Attached is a collection of suggestions of how to develop these skills. 

https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/families/about-behaviour/making-decisions/supporting-school-children%E2%80%99s-decision-making-skills

Amazing participation dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli. Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions. 

Liqaa 

Dear Dr. Liqaa Habeb

To create students with the skills and the understanding required to compete in a dynamic and global marketplace it is important to help students to become decisions makers. For their effectiveness in the workplace they need to acquiring the competencies in critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, ethical practice, and communication.

Utterly right dear María Zayas.  Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions. 

Liqaa 

Training students to be decision makers is the best way to get new courageous generation that abe to stand by itself. 

Dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli

Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinions. 

Liqaa 

It is necessary as I think to deal with them as a decision makers to train them to be autonomous learners.

Dear Khansaa Hassan Al-Bahadli

Rising Autonomy among students is really necessary.  I personally let them take their decisions and participate in discussions. I highly appreciate your valuable opinion. Thank you so much. 

Liqaa 

Students' Autonomy is very important inside class. They suppose to carry a responsibility of their learning.

In addition to learning, we also look forward to their assimilating the knowledge and also applying it. hence autonomy of learning  with feedback reveals whether how well the subject taught is  understood. we also ascertain the extent of  understanding through either case studies,quiz or questions in class and complete the same with a review of the topics taught

Right dear Dr Khasaa. Thank you so much for your answer. 

Liqaa 

I try to make them think and decide all the time to enc them to be real learners not just to memorize.

It is good dear. Thank you so much.