Educators need to achieve balance between the two. These questions are difficult to add ress because they transcend the matter of instructional technique and dwell more in the realm of what constitutes the art of effective teaching. Although the art of teaching is much more elusive than the science of teaching, there are some e lements educators can capture and describe. Teachers can discuss these elements and explore them in the daily act of teaching. Through such discussion and introspection, enhanced teaching occurs.
Effective teaching blends the art and the science of teaching.
Unfortunately, educators often respond to the mystery that is associated with this art by becoming overly defensive and by keeping their thoughts about their own teaching to themselves. The complexity associated with good teaching results in little open discussion. Good teachers dwell in the mystery of good teaching until it dwells in them. During several decades of research and writing in this field, educators have recognized both the art and the science of teaching. However, not all authors stress the science of teaching to the same level.