Good Teaching

Good teaching is no simple thing, as almost everyone could be best taught in one specific way, that may or may not be the same for the next person or the next. That being said, one could conclude that the only way to teach well is to except that all people are different, have different talents and learn in different ways, thus there is no one way to teach all people. Good teaching recognizes the need for diversity in teaching to reflect the diversity of the human mind. Perhaps good teaching could utilize many different strategies and formulas for education, thus reaching a further number of people. Whatever the actual application, good teaching would have to recognize how un-formulaic the minds of students, and from that realize that formulaic teaching methods are worse than useless—they are destructive. Good teaching would highlight skills rather than divert them. Good teaching would encourage the use of the mind for thought and growth, rather than for programing into a mold. Teaching today has a tendency to appreciate and value only one kind of learning and though process. Those who think differently are conditioned  through punishment—bad grades, or otherwise—until they better fit the mold.This kind of method will always do more harm then good.