TEACHING IN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION: THE PROFESSIONALIZATION MOVEMENT

Introduction: Remembering Horace Mann

Professionalization of Teaching: Historical Perspective

• Common-School Reform
• Progressive Era Reform
• Conant-Era Reform

Professionalism and Contemporary School Reform

• Comparing Teaching to Other Professions
• Professionalism and Modern Liberal Ideology
• Traditional Criteria for the Professions
• Professionalization and Teacher Preparation
• Teacher Preparation and Career Ladders

Teaching as a Public Profession

• Teaching as a Distinctive Profession
• Political-Economic Dimensions of Teaching as a Public Profession

Public Control versus Professional Autonomy

• The Limitations on Teacher Decision Making
• Who Controls the Schools?
• Legal Control Structure
• Who Controls the Schools? The Role of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Who Controls the Schools? Extralegal Influences

Professional Satisfaction and Professional Ethics

• Democratic Ethics and the Profession of Teaching

Concluding Remarks

Primary Source Reading: What Matters Most: Teaching for America's Future

Questions for Discussion and Examination