Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been argued that teaching needs to be more professional. But in some ways it is too professional now-too encrusted with useless requirements and too tangled in its own obscure professional jargon. The impenetrable language of educators has evolved into what Koerner calls "an artificial drive to create a profession." But it is more damaging to the country than the jargon of law, say, or even government, because it sabotages the use of clear writing and clear thinking by tens of thousands of teachers, and through them, hundreds of thousands of students...
A Gallup poll has found that teacher laziness and lack of interest are the most frequent accusations of half the nation's parents, who complain that students get "less schoolwork" now than 20 years ago. Whether the parent perceptions are fair or not, there is no doubt that circumstances...
For many teachers, whether to leave their profession is not seen as a question of choice, or economics, but as a matter of emotional necessity. The latest pedagogic phenomenon is something called "teacher burnout." It is a psychological condition, produced by stress, that can result in anything from acute loss...
Shifting Tides of Theory. Because it is American, American education dreams of panaceas-universal modern cures for the ancient pain of learning, easy ways to raise test scores and at the same time prepare the "whole child" for his role in society. Education has become a tormented field where armies...
...association will probably not act against them. After all, why cut down a group of emerging celebrities who are beginning to give the profession more clout with the public? Says Lee Salk, resident psychologist on ABC's Good Morning, America: "There's a tremendous demand for responsible professionals to use the media. If they don't, other people will...