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Making a place for all of these things in your teaching will allow you to demonstrate a balance between careful, detailed planning, which is the science of teaching, with passionate presentation to students with whom you have built a relationship—which is the art of teaching (Marzano, 2007). The art of teaching will be evidenced in your creativity and in your choice of motivational techniques, instructional strategies, grouping practices, and lesson activities you select—all based on the strengths, needs, and interests of your students. The science of teaching will be revealed in how you use research and the literature on effective practice to inform your planning decisions for instruction.
Teachers need to tap into the skill of organized observation and the disposition of empathy to understand where their learners are, and then intentionally create a learning environment that will help them meet the lesson outcomes. Educators need to carefully craft the conditions for learners to inquire, explore, analyze, synthesize, and collaboratively construct their knowledge from the variety of resources available to them (Maina, M., Craft, B., & Mor, Y., 2015).
Both the art of teaching and the science of teaching are important. Both are part of the planning process.