Teaching is a human action.
Their philosophy consists of their beliefs about how learning really occurs and their values about what constitutes good learning and good teaching. This model of the act of teaching can help one analyze and improve one's own teaching by offering two strategies for improvement. One strategy is to focus on and improve any one dimension of the act of teaching, say one's lecturing skills, or the decisions one makes about course design. The other strategy is to focus on the harmony or consistency between dimensions. One may be making decisions about course design that are inconsistent with one's real philosophy or attitude, or one may be using a course design that does not take advantage of some of the skills one has as a discussion leader or creator of learning activities.