Comparing Teachers' Work with Work in Other Occupations: Notes on the Professional Status of Teaching.

Rowan, Brian

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ERIC Number: EJ490393

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Publication Date: 1994

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Comparing Teachers' Work with Work in Other Occupations: Notes on the Professional Status of Teaching.

Rowan, Brian

Educational Researcher, v23 n6 p4-17,21 Aug-Sep 1994

Discusses the promises and pitfalls of comparing teachers' work with work performed in other occupations. Comparison reveals teaching to be a complex form of work that requires high levels of formal knowledge for successful performance. Educational reforms can professionalize teaching as they make the work more complex. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level, Performance, Professional Development, Professional Recognition, Teaching (Occupation), Work Experience

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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