The teacher-directed and the child-directed approaches to teaching art represent two extremes of opinion. Too many teacher-directed activities cannot be expected to effectively ______ children in learning because of the rigid structure. _________________, too many child-directed activities may see a curriculum that is totally unstructured and out of control. There _________ reasons to believe a teacher-guided approach would be __________ way to guide children’s development. This approach combines some form of structure with the child leading the direction. ( assist, superior, on the other hand, valid)