Is education an Art or a Science? Here’s what I wrote about the science question two years ago and my opinion hasn’t changed yet:
Education is probably classified as a science by most definitions. Educators generally believe that their practice is a system of knowledge attained by verifiable means. Many spend their careers engaged in the research that defines the body of knowledge which encompasses Education. My personal problem with this classification is that, too often, we try to apply the generalizability of science — the value of science to predict and be replicated — to Educational outcomes and I believe that gets us into trouble.
Education as Science.
One of the problems is defining which “Education” we’re talking about at any given moment — the business of teaching, the process of becoming learned, or the industry that’s grown up to support those.