The Teaching Profession and Teacher Education: Trends and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century

Autor/in	Ishumi, Abel G. M.
Titel	The Teaching Profession and Teacher Education: Trends and Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 10 (2013), (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2013.855435
Schlagwörter	Teaching (Occupation); Teacher Education; Educational Trends; Reputation; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Engineering; Architecture; Medicine; Legal Education (Professions); Accounting; Teacher Qualifications; Occupations; Teacher Certification; Beginning Teachers; Ethics; Professionalism; Performance Based Assessment; Accountability; Faculty Development; Botswana; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching; Lehrberuf; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Maschinenbau; Architektur; Medizin; Juristischer Beruf; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung; Lehrqualifikation; Beruf; Berufsumfeld; Junior teacher; Junglehrer; Ethik; Professionalität; Leistungsermittlung; Verantwortung; Kenia; Mosambik; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Tansania; Sambia
Abstract	The paper sets out to show that teaching is among the five undeniably oldest and historically character-shaping professions in the world, the others being engineering-architecture, medicine, law, and accounting and each of these professions has a unique story in connection with its genesis and its influence on social organisation. The paper indicates, however, that while the other four have had a comparatively better advantage in terms of occupational status, social esteem, popular veneration or respect, teaching has not enjoyed a similar experience and treatment. An analysis is undertaken into the historical and contemporary factors of similarity and contrast among the professions in the varying levels of self-image building, status and public adulation that have made the teaching profession "an unequal among equals". Recommendations and propositions are then offered towards correcting the situation and making the teaching profession attractive to the younger generation of men and women of tomorrow and the future, particularly within the eastern and southern Africa region. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01