Teaching as an Art and a Science

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This paper examines the different elements of the teaching profession and suggests that some aspects of the profession make it a science and some aspects make it an art. The paper contends that, while the pedagogical element of teaching is a science, the aspect of teaching most concerned with human interaction is an art. The paper makes use of several sources to support the notion that teaching is both a science and an art.

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"Teaching clearly makes use of both science and art today. In the past, teaching was much more science than art, and teachers were left largely to their own devices to determine how to reach their students and what to teach. As teaching became a profession, with a course of instruction to prepare teachers, the idea that teaching was a science became more prominent, with the colleges emphasizing this idea as they inculcated teachers into specialized knowledge and methods based on scientific research, including school testing, empirical research into learning styles and processes, and so on."

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