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Current Issues in Public Education

March 7, 2012

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You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoesYou can steer yourselfany direction you choose.

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IS TEACHING A PROFESSION?

Opinion is divided as to whether teaching is a profession

Some refer to teaching as a semi-profession, quasi-profession, emerging profession, uncertain profession, imperiled profession, endangered profession, and not-quite profession

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CHARACTERISTICS OF TEACHING PROFESSIONS Institutional Monopoly of Services Autonomy Years of Education and Training Provision of Essential Service Degree of Self-Governance Professional Associations Professional Knowledge and Skills Level of Public Trust Prestige, Benefits and Pay

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WHAT IS PROFESSIONALISM IN TEACHING?

Professional Behaviour Lifelong Learning Involvement in the Profession

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WHERE WILL YOU GO?

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You'll look up and down streets.  Look 'em over with care.

About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there.“

With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,

you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.

THE WAITING PLACE

...for people just waiting.Waiting for … the phone to ring, …Everyone is just waiting.

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QUESTIONS?COMMENTS?CONCERNS?

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