What is Teaching?

At the highest level, teaching is about transferring knowledge from the teacher to the learner so that the learner acquires new knowledge or skills.

You, or anyone on the team, can act as a teacher, helping your colleagues obtain new knowledge or learn new skills. However, if you want to become a very effective teacher, it’s best if you learn a few of the principles of the teaching profession.

Scrum.org recognizes that those studying to become professional teachers or trainers go through an extensive learning and certification journey. Our goal in these pages isn’t to replicate those learning journeys, but instead to make Agile practitioners aware of what the practice entails so they can incrementally improve their teaching ability and seek out further resources.