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The Teaching Profession

Present and Future

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  • First international study on self-regulation in the teaching profession
  • Provides a worldwide panorama of the status and governance of the teaching profession, drawing on recent international and national reports
  • Discusses the chronic and vexed question of the identity of the teaching profession
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • A. Reis Monteiro
    Pages 1-3
  3. Education Quality and Quality of the Teaching Profession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. Main Approaches to Education Quality

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 7-17
  4. Professionality of Teachers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
    2. Sociology of the Professions

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 47-60
    3. Teaching as a Profession

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 61-100
  5. Self-regulation: A Bridge Between the Present and the Future of the Teaching Profession?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. Regulation of Professions

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 103-117
    3. Self-regulation of the Teaching Profession

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 119-150
    4. Conclusion

      • A. Reis Monteiro
      Pages 151-154
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 155-160

About this book

This volume contributes to debates about the teaching profession by reviewing international and national reports on its status, as well as on reforms of various education systems. It proposes a global approach to the quality of the teaching profession as a decisive ingredient of education quality, including a conception of its identity and a vision of its future. Moreover, it is suggested that professional self-regulation may be the best way to achieve higher professional and social status for teachers, since it allows educators collectively to assume the culture of the values that comprise the uniqueness and fullness of the teaching profession.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    A. Reis Monteiro

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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