Teaching

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Schoolers gathered from the Nan Hua High School in Singapore

Teaching is the practice implemented by a teacher aimed at transmitting skills (knowledge, know-how, and interpersonal skills) to a learner, a student, or any other audience of an educational institution. Teaching is closely related to learning, the student's activity of appropriating this knowledge.[1]

Teaching is part of the broader concept of education.[2][3]

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A college professor teaching a class in the United States

Profession

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Training

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Teaching in non-human animals

Teaching has been considered uniquely human because of mentalistic definitions. Indeed, in psychology, teaching is defined by the intention of the teacher, which is to transmit information and/or behavior and/or skill. This implies the need for the teacher to assess the knowledge state of the potential learner, thus to demonstrate theory of mind abilities. As theory of mind and intentions are difficult (if not impossible) to assess in non-humans, teaching was considered uniquely human.[4] However, if teaching is defined by its function, it is then possible to assess its presence among non-human species. Caro and Hauser[5] suggested a functionalist definition. For a behavior to be labeled as teaching, three criteria must be met :

  • The behavior of the "teacher" must be observed only in the presence of a naive individual
  • The behavior represents a cost for the teacher, or at least no direct benefit
  • The possible consequence of the behavior is a learning gain for the learner

See also

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Musial, Manuel; Pradere, Fabienne; Tricot, André (2012). How to design a teaching course. Brussels: De Boeck. ISBN 978-2-8041-6936-7.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chessex-Viguet, Christiane (2015). Penser l'école. Paris: L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-343-06826-8. OCLC 922630409.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ver, Naïl; Paul, Adeline; Malki, Farid (2014). Professeur des écoles: droits, responsabilités, carrière [School teacher: rights, responsibilities, career] (in français). Retz Éditions. ISBN 9782725632520. OCLC 871305750.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kline, Michelle Ann (2015). "How to learn about teaching: An evolutionary framework for the study of teaching behavior in humans and other animals". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 38 e31. doi:10.1017/S0140525X14000090.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Caro, T.M.; Hauser, M.D. (1992). "Is There Teaching in Nonhuman Animals?". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 67 (2): 151–174. doi:10.1086/417553.

Further reading

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