ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses few functions of star teachers. Each of these functions represents a cluster of teacher behaviors and the ideology stars hold as a rationale for engaging in these behaviors. For star teachers, the ultimate value to be preserved is learning. Star teachers draw upon their own expertise and interests to guide children into fashioning the class projects. The importance of connecting ideas with action is that teachers must continually develop and improve themselves. The orientation of star teachers reflects an ideology that answers the question in terms of what's best for the children, and not in terms of satisfying the teacher's needs or preferences. Star teachers are sensitive and aware. They are entirely conscious of how they may have used their close relationship with children to initially model an activity. Stars use their personal relationships to model learning and enhance the teaching-learning process.
