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Kougioumtzis, Konstantin; Patriksson, Goran; Strahlman, Owe – European Physical Education Review, 2011
This article reviews research on physical education (PE) teachers' professionalization considering their relative position at schools and in the community as well as their control over the lesson formation. The position considers issues of prestige, status and esteem while lesson formation regards constitutional, organizational and physical…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Professional Recognition, Status, Professional Autonomy
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Cherryholmes, Cleo H. – Simulation & Gaming, 2011
This article describes some of the highlights of the author's work with Harold Guetzkow while he was a doctoral student in political science at Northwestern University in the mid-1960s. Harold was a model of professionalism and the author had the great opportunity to learn about the profession during their publication of the "Inter-Nation…
Descriptors: Political Science, Doctoral Programs, Simulation, Rhetoric
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Simsek, Ali – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
Charles M. Reigeluth is one of the most contributing and certainly the leading scholars in the field of educational technology and instructional design. His early contributions were about developing instructional design theories such as Elaboration Theory and Component Display Theory. He has also edited monumental books as collections of major ID…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Educational Change, Interviews
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Baizerman, Michael – Child & Youth Services, 2013
The sociopolitical movement to enhance youth workers' occupational status and related emoluments strategically links this goal to competency-based assessment. While the goals of improved conditions, remuneration, and career opportunities for workers is supported, the joining of those goals to both professionalization and in turn competency-based…
Descriptors: Social Agencies, Professional Recognition, Professional Education, Professional Identity
Simsek, Ali – Online Submission, 2013
Professor Reigeluth emphasizes that the work of educational technology researchers should focus on advancing instructional design theories rather than investigating some trendy aspects of utilizing educational media in schools. He makes the point that such an orientation will provide a comprehensive framework for efforts toward improving education…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Educational Media, Educational Change
Waddell, Andy – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
A man died last summer at 78. His obituary was two paragraphs long. The "San Jose Mercury News" simply stated that Edward A. White was survived by "his brother Mike, his sister Mary, and his many loving nieces and nephews." Like Willy Loman, he "never made a lot of money. His name was never in the paper." Only one short line from his obit showed…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Altruism, English Instruction, English Teachers
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Bradbury, Alice – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2012
There is an ongoing debate over the nature and necessity of teacher "professionalism", particularly in early childhood education. In England, this sector was a particular focus of the education policies of Labour governments in the 2000s, and this had a significant impact on early childhood teachers and classrooms. This article examines…
Descriptors: Evidence, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education
Waddell, Andy – American Educator, 2012
A man died last summer. At 78, he was neither old enough nor young enough for his passing to make news. His obituary was two paragraphs long. The "San Jose Mercury News" simply stated that Edward A. White was survived by "his brother Mike, his sister Mary and his many loving nieces and nephews." "As a passionate High School English Teacher" the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, English Teachers, Altruism, Profiles
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Moye, Johnny J. – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2012
This article is the first in a series of articles entitled "The Legacy Project." It focuses on the lives and actions of leaders who have forged technology engineering education profession into what it is today. Members of the profession owe a debt of gratitude to these leaders. One simple way to demonstrate that gratitude is to recognize them and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Profiles, Change Agents, Intellectual History
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Julia Claxton – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the phenomena of an employee "being valued" in the context of a manufacturing SME. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative study using rich data from in-depth interviews following a classical (Glaserian) grounded theory. Findings: A three dimensional concept of authentic pride…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Professional Recognition, Work Attitudes, Private Sector
McClellan, Catherine; Joe, Jilliam; Bassett, Katherine – National Network of State Teachers of the Year, 2017
This study continues the work that National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) and its partners, Clowder Consulting and Education-Counsel, began with their "Right Trajectory" study (see ED581172), released in 2015, and continued in their "Still the Right Trajectory" study (see ED581173) released in early 2017. In…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Comparative Analysis, Common Core State Standards, Summative Evaluation
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Moore, Deborah – Child & Youth Services, 2013
Prevailing narrative in the afterschool literature is premised on the idea that becoming a profession is required to build and sustain the field. Little reflects the concerns of practitioners that current strategies to professionalize do not reflect the complex and diverse nature of the work. This article uses critical theory to explore the…
Descriptors: After School Education, Critical Theory, After School Programs, Occupations
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Markovits, Zvia; Kartal, Sadik – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
608 pre-service teachers from Israel and from Turkey, in their first year and in their fourth (and last) year of study, were asked to complete a questionnaire in order to explore the reasons that led them to choose teaching as their career and to reveal their beliefs regarding several aspects of the status of the teaching profession. Results show…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Educational Attitudes
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Janda, Kenneth – Simulation & Gaming, 2011
Research on international relations at Northwestern University in the 1960s and 1970s revolved around Harold Guetzkow's pioneering work on the simulation of international processes. As a beginning faculty member, I benefited from the insights and excitement of that special time and place. As a participant in one of his events, I experienced the…
Descriptors: International Relations, Computer Simulation, Simulation, Professional Recognition
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LeCroy, Hoyt – Music Educators Journal, 2011
In the annals of twentieth-century music education, it is curious that two women with similar names figured prominently in the pages of "Music Educators Journal". Their professional careers overlapped, and, because both were devoted to general music education, they may, at first glance, appear to be the same person. The truth, however, is…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Music Teachers, Change Agents
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