Teaching, the profession of those who give instruction, especially in an elementary school or a secondary school or in a university. Measured in terms of its members, teaching is the world’s …

Teaching - Educating, Mentoring, Facilitating: Broadly speaking, the function of teachers is to help students learn by imparting knowledge to them and by setting up a situation in which students …

Teaching - Education, Pedagogy, Mentoring: In the 19th century, systems of public education developed in order to meet the recognized need for universal literacy in an industrializing …

Pedagogy, the study of teaching methods, including the aims of education and the ways in which such goals may be achieved. It relies heavily on scientific theories of learning, and to some …

The complete act of teaching involves more than the presentation and development of lesson material. Before they embark on a fresh stage of instruction, teachers must be reasonably …

Pedagogy - Teaching Theories, Educational Psychology: The earliest mental-discipline theories of teaching were based on a premise that the main justification for teaching anything is not for …

Teaching - In Loco Parentis, Education, Pedagogy: When minor children are entrusted by parents to a school, the parents delegate to the school certain responsibilities for their children, and …

Teaching - Unions, Associations, Education: In most countries there is one major teachers’ organization to which all or nearly all teachers belong and pay dues. Sometimes membership …

Pedagogy - Instructional Media, Teaching Strategies, Education: In general, instructional media are seen by educators as aids rather than substitutions for the teacher.

Teaching - Benefits, Strategies, Rewards: Vacations and leaves of absence give a prized flexibility to teaching careers. One of the attractive bonuses about teaching, for instance, is the long …