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Cherubini, Lorenzo; Kitchen, Julian; Goldblatt, Patricia; Smith, Deirdre – Professional Educator, 2011
The Faculty of Education at Brock University and an Ontario, Canada, self-regulatory body for the teaching profession partnered to create an innovative teacher induction project conceptualized to enable new and mentor teachers to self-affirm their professional capacities as autonomous and collaborative professionals. A distinguishing feature of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Orientation, Metacognition, Higher Education
Tichenor, Mercedes S.; Tichenor, John M. – Professional Educator, 2005
What does it mean to be a professional and to exhibit professionalism? Depending on the context, these concepts may evoke many images and have multiple definitions. In this paper, we examine what it means to be a professional and to exhibit professionalism in the field of education. We go beyond theoretical definitions of teacher professionalism…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Responsibility, Personality Traits
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Su, Justine Zhixin – Professional Educator, 1994
This study examined demographics, entry perspectives, attitudes toward teaching, and commitment to a lifelong teaching career among California teacher candidates, comparing the findings to national teacher profile data. Results found a lack of minority representation, a majority of nontraditional teacher candidates, and a lack of commitment to…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education
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Akkari, Abdeljalil; Serpell, Robert; Baker, Linda; Sonnenschein, Susan – Professional Educator, 1998
Compared the beliefs of African-American (AA) and European-American (EA) elementary teachers about teaching and literacy development. Teacher interviews found no differences in child development perceptions and approaches to literacy. AA teachers placed more emphasis on the themes of universal educability and teacher responsibility, while EA…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Child Development, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education