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According to C. Rogers, there are three main attitudes of the facilitator that can be considered as important psychological factors of his or her pedagogical action.

The first one involves openness of the teacher to his or her own opinions and feelings, the ability to openly express them in the interpersonal communication with learners.

The second attitude is characterized by “acceptance” and “trust”, which is the inner confidence of the pedagogue in abilities and potential of each student.

The third attitude is described by the term “empathic understanding” which is the pedagogue’s vision of each student’s inner world and behavior from a perspective of the student, as if viewed through his eyes.

C. Rogers believes that while communicating with students the facilitator should be able to “stand in other people’s shoes”, to view the world and himself through the students’ eyes. Another words, the facilitator should be able to show empathy.

Rogers, C. (1994). Freedom to Learn (3rd ed.). New York, USA: Pearson.