• sage on a stage

sageonthestage (pluralsages on the stageorsages on stages)

1. (education, sometimes mildly derogatory) Aneducator, especially at thepostsecondary level, whoimparts knowledge bylecturing to anaudience; themethod of imparting knowledge used by such an educator.
   • 1981 August 6, “‘Gifted Students’ Classes Offered”, inHarlan Daily Enterprise, USA, retrieved 1 Sept 2013, page 5:

     Mrs. Johnson said the teacher for the gifted and talented will be more of a "guide on the side" rather than a "sage on the stage."

   • 2006 August 25, Nina Vizcarrondo, “Sci-Fi Today, Sci-Fact Tomorrow”, inTime, retrieved 1 Sept 2013:

     Case Western has always been an advocate of what Williams calls the "sage on the stage versus the guide on the side" learning method.

   • 2011 December 15, Robert D. Dinerstein, “Limitations to the Method”, inNew York Times, retrieved 1 Sept 2013:

     But the limitations of the method as usually employed — . . . its fostering of passivity on the part of those students not involved in the dialogue, and its privileging of the professor as thesage on the stage — are serious impediments.

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