Reclaiming the artistry of teaching

Gert Biesta

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.04034-3

Reclaiming the artistry of teaching

Gert Biesta^*

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The question whether teaching should be understood as an art or a science has been posed many times. Contemporary calls for educational effectiveness, for evidence-based teaching, and for the close monitoring of measurable learning outcomes are strongly pushing education and the work of teachers toward the technicist end of the spectrum. This article provides a detailed case for why teaching needs to be understood as an art and discusses why the artistry of teaching needs to be at the center of any attempt to make education better.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Education
Editors	Robert J. Tierney, Fazal Rizvi, Kadriye Ercikan
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	648-654
Number of pages	7
Edition	4th
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128186299
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.04034-3
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Aristotle
artistry
effectiveness
Lawrence Stenhouse
Poiesis
praxis
resistance
teaching
technicism

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