1. Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement
Chapter Ten
Teaching in a Public Institution: The Professionalization Movement
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2. Professionalization of Teaching: Historical Perspective
Common school reform
Normal schools
Specialized body of knowledge
Beginning tension between state control and teacher autonomy
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3. Professionalization of Teaching: Historical Perspective
Progressive era reform
more rigorous academic preparation for teachers
scientific management of schooling
professional administrators
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4. Professionalization of Teaching: Historical Perspective
Conant era reform
more preparation in content
overall less emphasis on teaching as method for improving schools
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5. Contemporary School Reform The Professionalization Question
Is teaching a profession?
Does it meet professional criteria?
Goodlad's conditions
Teacher preparation
The Holmes Group
The Carnegie Report
Career ladders
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6. Contemporary School Reform Teaching as a Public Profession
Is teaching a distinctive profession?
Herbst’s contrast of professionalization and professionalism
funding for a “mass public profession”
teaching as predominantly female
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7. Contemporary School Reform Public Control Vs. Professional Autonomy
Major government actors
Specific interest groups
The knowledge industry
Limited teacher autonomy
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8. Legal Control Structure
State government and local control
state sets education policy, creates rules and regulations, sets minimal standards
local control via school boards and superintendents
Federal influence
constitutionally supported laws
civil rights amendments to Constitution
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9. Role of U.S. Supreme Court
Rights of parents vs. state cases
Equal protection cases
desegregation cases
Title IX
school finance
Religious observations in Public Schools
Free expression
Due process
Privacy
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10. Extralegal Influences on Schools
Foundations
Textbook publishers
Standardization
Teacher unions
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11. Is “professionalization” the answer to improving schooling?
Concluding Remarks
Is “professionalization” the answer to improving schooling?
What knowledge, dispositions, and skills do teachers need to be the best teachers they can be?
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12. Developing Your Professional Vocabulary
Brown v. Board of Education
career ladders
democratic ethnics
due process protection in schools
expert management
Holmes Report
Lau v. Nichols
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
profession
professional autonomy
professional ethnics
professionalization vs. professionalism
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