The Framework of Teacher Competences developed within the ATEPIE
project is based on a constructivist approach to learning. In this learner-centred
approach, teaching is seen as a way of creating and providing stimulating
opportunities in which each learner constructs her/his own understanding of
the world by active involvement in the learning process. Hence, the traditional
roles of the teacher and the learner have changed. The teacher is no longer a
transmitter of information, nor is the learner a passive recipient who stores the
isolated information in long-term memory without understanding the meaning
or recognising its application outside of school.