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The concept of teaching contains the notion that the teacher's behaviour is guided by the pupil's performance. Teaching may be said to occur when an animal is punished for approaching or obstructing another. Other kinds of teaching are aided by imitation, or learning by observation. The ontogeny of imitation, and of teaching at least among human beings, has scarcely been discussed, and would repay study.
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BARNETT, S. The “Instinct to Teach”. Nature 220, 747–749 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220747a0
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