A discussion of whether teaching is a science, an art, or both, and the extent to which it is either and why, is presented in this paper. Teaching-as-a-science (TAS) and teaching-as-an-art (TAA) are not specific teaching methods but rather two different ways to find teaching methods. Whether students learn as a result of the teacher's scientific…

This paper examines the scientific basis of teaching, the logic of science, the politics of teaching-as-a-science (TAS), and the application of teaching method. It argues that teachers have neither the time while in school nor the prerequisite training in scientific methodologies with which to study their own teaching scientifically, analyze the…

Discussions on how best to improve the professional status of teaching are necessarily based on certain consciously or subconsciously held assumptions of what the terms "profession" and "teaching" are. As a result, disagreements regarding the best way to improve teaching may be more the result of a difference in definition of…