Is teaching an art or a science?
By Jacqueline Kohan
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
January 28, 2010
Long Island University, C. W. Post
January 28, 2010
How can one become a great teacher? If only more teachers asked themselves that question perhaps our youth would be more prepared to enter the world as functional and more contributive members of society as opposed to regurgitative ones. I understand that there is a lot of pressure on present day educators to elicit excellent test results from their students on the state exams but to answer the question what makes a good teacher, especially in today’s context, it is to teach children the required knowledge as well as the hidden curriculum that they will more readily use upon graduation.
To think that someone could just be born a phenomenal teacher is foolish because it essentially discredits all previously studied and accepted philosophies on the subject. Very seldom, if ever, does greatness exist without work so the only way to achieve that status as a teacher is to perpetually educate yourself and evolve your teaching methods to match the current temper of the world and the area that you are working in. I concede that some people are endowed with certain talents that are more useful in an educational setting and if properly fostered could be contributing factors to one’s greatness as a teacher but gifts alone are not enough to ensure efficacy as one.
To think that someone could just be born a phenomenal teacher is foolish because it essentially discredits all previously studied and accepted philosophies on the subject. Very seldom, if ever, does greatness exist without work so the only way to achieve that status as a teacher is to perpetually educate yourself and evolve your teaching methods to match the current temper of the world and the area that you are working in. I concede that some people are endowed with certain talents that are more useful in an educational setting and if properly fostered could be contributing factors to one’s greatness as a teacher but gifts alone are not enough to ensure efficacy as one.
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