* To what degree is teaching an art or a science? Do teachers need to make deep changes in the way they teach? Yes? No? Why?
In my opinion teaching is 100% not only an art, but also a science.Teaching involves more than having a person at the front of the classroom telling a group of Ss what to do, teaching involves a general and deep knowledge of every single detail not only related to education but also to society (science). Teaching is a dynamic process that can make Ss see learning as something beautiful, interesting, easy and useful, instead of seeing education as a hard process, or as homework, that requires pressures and worry. Teachers must be actors and their main goal must be to have Ss engage in task and make them feel the pleasures that learning brings (art).
I would say that all teachers do need to make changes in the way they teach because the Ss’ needs, interests, and objectives vary and change widely in each of them, and teachers have to adapt to the Ss necessities. However, making deep changes in the way the teachers teach depend on how well the teachers are at teaching, because if they want Ss to become good learners they must become better at the way they teach. It is important to make deep changes in the way teachers teach because Ss learning capacity depends on how they are taught.
