What is rather alarming in the James Report is the assumption that the recommendations that are made will necessarily raise the status and standards of the teaching profession without looking at the particular implications of the two words status and profession. (Author)

Describes the successful movement to gain professional status for architects in Britain at the end of the nineteenth century. Available from Carfax Publishing Company, P.O. Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 1RW England. (AM)

Author describes current controversy in England over whether or not personnel trainers should be qualified by standard examinations. He also notes growing consensus" that personnel and training staffs there are behind the times, below standards in other professions and not applying behavioral sciences to industry as fully as possible.…

Presents a review of the developments which led to the establishment of the public-relations occupation in Britain. Discusses themes of democracy and totalitarianism, propaganda, bureaucracy, and professionalization. (RS)

Argues that the best form of accountability for British schools lies not in inspections or examinations but in the present teaching force itself, which must generate such public trust in its professionalism that teachers can act as a self-governing group, as do doctors and lawyers. (SJL)

This article is concerned with both the political and socioeconomic forces inducing changes in labor relations in schools and with the major implications of these changes for future school staff management. (Author/IRT)

This book offers a descriptive account of the world of the British external examiner: who they are, what they do, how they are appointed, and what problems they face. Findings are based on a questionnaire survey of and personal interviews with examiners. The external examiner is independent of the university awarding the degree and quite…

The education system, and particularly its teachers, have been the major targets of blame for a general social and economic decline in Britain, resulting in public policy that is unfavorable to or ignores the needs of the profession. (MSE)

This paper draws on the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education's survey of American college faculty, examining the extent to which graduates of higher-level institutions affect and are affected by lower-level institutions in which they find employment. Attention is given to roles performed, access to authority and rewards, and educational values.…

Inservice education and training for teachers is examined through the sociological concept of control. Two models of inservice teacher education and training are derived from the literature; one adapted to the needs of the school system, the other referring to the continuing education of the individual teacher. (Author/JN)

This study of a particular group of university professors examined the occupational roles of those who are most successful in their careers and recognized as "good professors" in university circles. Focus was on major role activities, outlook on university reform and higher education expansion, disciplinary and institutional…

This article debates three tensions within the contemporary teaching profession in Great Britain, in terms of education policy after the 1988 Education Reform Act. The first is between prospective and retrospective identities, as defined by Bernstein (1996/2000). The second is between teachers' expectations of professional status, and centralised…

Describes efforts to pilot a Certificate of Continuing Professional Development for teachers in the early stages in their careers, sponsored by the Association for Science Education (ASE) in Great Britain. (WRM)

Addresses the development and problems associated with British teacher education programs particularly focusing on the practices that failed to prepare student teachers during the 1965-76 period. Argues that locating teacher education in the schools will not solve the problems in education but instead the program should remain in the university…

Policies and professionalism are discussed with reference to experiences in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain. A professional development policy is considered to be a prerequisite for inservice programs for academic staff, evaluation of academic performance, and career-related decisions. (Author/MLW)