> My second axiom concerns the process of learning. It says: We learn when we are challenged, when we push ourselves. If you’re not stuck you’re not learning. If it’s not a struggle you’re not doing it right. It follows that we must always look for new points of view and pursue open-ended questions. The role of the teacher is not to make life easy for the student by giving crystal clear lectures and predictable tests. Instead the role of the teacher is to guide and encourage the student’s own process of learning by setting suitable challenges and by stimulating thought and reflection.

Thanks for making this point. Many people tend to have a faulty view of education as some sort of comfortable path, where one's present proclivities are retained or even enhanced. However, if education is done right, then it is total revolution within the individual, destroying all sorts of faulty mental structures to build a better structure altogether.

I believe teachers who do not espouse challenge or do not put such challenge into daily practice, are of questionable value.

A better understanding of what education is about, from both teachers & learners is of great importance.