[10] "Two views of education have been at war for centuries: the didactic (for information-transmission) view and the constructivist view. The didactic view prevails among the general public. It holds that teachers should be masters of particular domains of knowledge and that their job is to transmit their expertise about these domains to students through lectures and recitations. Students should memorise the facts and concepts of the domain and practise its skills until they have mastered them, and they should be able to demonstrate that mastery on appropriate tests.

The constructivist view, which undergirds the work of John Dewey, Lev Vigotsky, and Maria Montessori, holds that teachers should be facilitators who help students construct their own understandings and capabilities in carrying out challenging tasks. This view puts the emphasis on the activity of the students rather than on that of the teacher. " (Willis J W, Stephens E C & Matthew K I (1996) Technology, Reading, and Language Arts, Allyn & Bacon, Needham Heights, Massachusetts p 30)