Those who cannot do, teach. Those who cannot teach, teach others to teach… or do they?
The idea that those people who cannot teach, teach others to teach is rather provocative, and it is based on following the balance between theory and practice, passive discussions, and real actions. This balance should work for teachers themselves and for their methods of teaching students. It is possible to state that those who cannot teach are not perfect teachers to share their knowledge and help others in teaching. The theoretical knowledge is not practically useful without the focus on actions. Those persons who can guide the others in teaching should become the examples for their students. Thus, their actions should be based on the effective philosophical balance of theory and practice. Any discussions and explanations are useless if they are not based on practical actions and real examples.
Moreover, students are successful when they also try to follow this balance because any great thoughts have no real power when they are not supported by real actions. The choice to specialize in the theoretical aspects of education and teaching does not mean that a person is not good in practice. Furthermore, those persons who teach others to teach are also teachers, and their methods and experience are important for students.
“To be or not to be…” It is a question, but also a choice.
While making learning and the process of learning real, a teacher should orient toward students and follow the main professional norms and principles. Ideally, moral and professional aspects of the teacher’s work should be correlated to teach effectively and according to the ethical standards. The problem is in the fact that teachers can choose between their commitment to profession and commitment to students while selecting the methods to make learning real and effective. From this point, the choice between wrong and right methods, practices, techniques, and approaches should result in choosing the most effective approach according to which it is possible to achieve the highest professional and moral standards. Thus, teachers are responsible for choosing the approach which is better for their students despite the area of choice. Ethically and professionally wrong choices can lead to the opposite results in working.
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The pragmatic sense in teaching
According to the statement, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” there are no needs to change or improve something if the objects function and the processes develop effectively, as it was earlier. Referring to this idea in the field of education, it is necessary to note that the idea is based on the pragmatic approach and sense of teaching. The pragmatic sense in teaching is based on the notion of practicality. Any thoughts and theories should be effectively used as instruments to achieve a definite goal or overcome the problem. If the current approaches and techniques used in education are effective, the changes are not rational. However, this approach is controversial because the ignorance of improvement and development leads to failures in education as any other process because of the impossibility of responding to modern social trends. Reforms and improvements are important to make education an effective tool for students to develop their potential.