Article on the topic just published on the Humanising Language Teaching (hltmag) website:
Don’t do anything for students that they can do for themselves – LINK FIXED
My first teaching motto is in this article from July this year:
If it can be done at home, don’t do it in class
Attempts to adapt my personal motto to TEFL, including some good comments, here:
Some great (mainly tongue-in-cheek) attempts to make a motto for the whole of TEFL are in the comments section here:
And a nice mix of ego boosters and ego deflaters contributed to my attempt to come up with a motto for this blog:
Any other candidates for mottos for teaching, TEFL, TEFL blogs or life in comments please.
TEFLtastic 
A+ Alex! “Don’t do anything for students that they can do for themselves” and “If it can be done at home, don’t do it in class” are a home run! Excellent job!
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