Such an emphasis compartmentalizes education. Each class is separate and distinct from every other class, often even those in the same discipline. Teaching then is limited to a set of specific skill in a specific class, missing opportunities to integrate knowledge across other courses and disciplines. We should offer a course in writing. By focusing on teaching, we give students the impression that knowledge and learning occur only at specific times and places.
Teaching is confined primarily to the place where it occurs.
On the other hand, an emphasis on learning breaks down some of those artificial barriers. Learning occurs in class and outside class, between classes and among classes. Learning means the integration of knowledge and is almost inherently interdisciplinary. A truly learned skill is portable and useful in many areas of life. Learning also develops a kind of critical mass for the learner.