This book analyses ways of improving the status of teaching as a profession. The first chapter states a set of characteristics of professions and semi-professions. Chapter two assesses the extent to which teaching presently meets the criteria of a profession and looks at societal factors, conditions in schools, and the nature of teaching. The…

This report by the Bicentennial Commission on Education for the Profession of Teaching of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education discusses aspects and problems of teaching as a profession and makes recommendations to upgrade the quality of teachers and of teacher education. The first chapter describes characteristics of…

Examines the evidence establishing that teaching is a semiprofession and looks at the reasons for this in the conditions of the workplace and in the way these conditions have been set by the state and by local districts. (IRT)

This speech, by a member of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education's Commission on Education for the Profession of Teaching (CEPT) and one of the authors of the CEPT report, is a discussion of CEPT. He begins by discussing whether or not the teaching profession and teacher education are "real" professions. He takes…

Three possible futures for teaching and for teacher education are projected: (1) Teacher education colleges will become the chief source of professional preparation and development; (2) Teachers will respond to the workplace primarily through collective action; and (3) The states will control ends, means, and markets. Cooperation between teachers…