Terms defining teaching such as imparting, knowledge, and skill are often ambiguous
imparting - telling? conditioning? constructing? knowledge - knowing? believing? comprehending? understanding? skill - knowing that? (a bike is ridden this way) knowing how? (to ride a bike in actuality) knowing to? (ride a bike when necessary)
Teaching as Success
"teaching is that which results in learning" There are drawbacks with this form of definition.
Learning is the responsibility of the teacher! If students do not learn, it is the fault of the teacher.
whether or not a teacher is actually teaching; e.g., cannot observe teacher to see if teaching is actually occurring.
the intention of which is to induce learning" A teacher can anticipate that certain activities will result in learning, but not guarantee it. In short, successful teaching cannot be reduced to a set of general rules, or a prescribed pattern of behavior.
activities that experience has shown to be effective in getting students to learn" a major problem is that there is very little research that agrees systematically on anything craft wisdom is frequently good, but sometimes is in error a scientific definition is probably not possible given student autonomy
student learning exist? To a degree, but how are they related and to what extent is unclear.
of student learning. you should be held accountable for student learning despite poor parenting, negative attitudes, and other social ills. your pay should be based at least in part on student outcomes.
teaching some students will not learn even with the best teaching