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ERIC Number: EJ422827
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0985-9045
The Limits of Making Teaching a Profession.
Burbules, Nicholas C.; Densmore, Kathleen
Educational Policy, v5 n1 p44-63 Mar 1991
Although improving teachers' salaries, status, and work conditions is essential, the traditional professional model is an ineffective, inappropriate basis for accomplishing these goals. Rather than relying on an undemocratic concept connoting privilege, special status, and the superiority of mental labor, teachers should seek less elitist bases of organization. Includes 53 references. (MLH)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Elitism, Professional Occupations, Teacher Certification, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Professionalism
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