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Nardone, Tom – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1984
Examines how authors have looked at the future and probes the limits of forecasting. Looks at several futurists' views on the manufacturing industry and emerging occupations. (SK)
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Emerging Occupations, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society)
Olesen, Margaret – Training, 1999
Discusses the barrier between white-collar and blue-collar workers and the problems that arise when one makes a move from one to the other. Suggests that often a mentor is what prompts people to move from blue- to white-collar positions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Cultural Differences, Mentors
Murphy, Cait – Fortune, 2000
Discusses the dichotomy between new wealthy and not-so-wealthy people. Points out that the distance between the top and bottom tiers of income distribution has grown significantly since the 1970s. Looks at the reasons for the increase and what can be done about it. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Blue Collar Occupations, Salary Wage Differentials, Tables (Data)
Beers, Kylene – Research in the Teaching of English, 2010
This article presents the text of the author's presidential address, delivered at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 22, 2009. For the author, the title of this president's address, "Sailing over the Edge: Navigating the Uncharted Waters of a World Gone Flat," calls to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Change
Diessner, Rhett – 1997
The concept of "professional" is currently a critical issue for teachers. A normative position is offered with which to evaluate the professionalization of teachers, or any other practitioner or producer of work. Professions should not so much be defined by the content of the work but rather more by the manner in which the work is…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Health Occupations, Higher Education, Professional Occupations
Akhter, Zobaida – Online Submission, 2008
In the socio-economic context of Bangladesh, involvement of women in agriculture is very important. It would be easier to control rural-urban migration by engaging women in agricultural activities to a greater extent. Women play a vital role in agricultural production throughout the Bangladesh, making a significant contribution to the basic…
Descriptors: Poverty, Females, Distance Education, Agricultural Production
Johnson, Shaun P. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
Current statistics show that roughly one quarter of all classroom teachers are male: this proportion sinks to approximately ten percent in the elementary grades. A scarcity of men in teaching is not a new phenomenon and has remained relatively constant through more than a century of various educational reforms. This brief discusses the historical…
Descriptors: Role Models, Social Justice, Sex Fairness, Teachers
Roberts, Nella A.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Online Submission, 2008
The transition to management is one of the most difficult challenges first-time managers face--almost half fail. First-time managers may experience disorienting dilemmas that trigger transformative learning. HRD (human resource development) practitioners can assist in reducing the failure rate of first-time managers when they better understand the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Human Resources, Professional Development, Personnel Management
Levine, Arthur – Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
Levine notes that education has declined as a national priority. He appeals to the next U.S. president to champion quality education in America, addressing the achievement gap by focusing on teachers. He urges that the nation dignify the teaching profession, restoring its prestige through the equivalent of a Rhodes Scholarship program for teachers…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Teaching (Occupation), Educational Quality, Scholarships
Ross, Andrew – Academe, 2008
For those who still see tenure primarily as a form of job security, the larger economic context should be plain. No one, not even in the traditional professions, can any longer expect a fixed pattern of employment in the course of his or her lifetime. In this article, the author discusses how this generation is witnessing the merging of the…
Descriptors: Tenure, Job Security, Employment Patterns, Economic Climate
Rossi, Joe – Educational Perspectives, 2007
This article presents an interview with Marion Frances Kaleleonalani McGregor Lee Loy who served as a teacher in the Hawai'i Department of Education from 1935 to 1974. Marion McGregor Lee Loy was born in 1911 in Honolulu. She attended Central Grammar and Lincoln Grammar schools before entering Kamehameha School for Girls in the ninth grade. Lee…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Teachers, Interviews
Brochu, Barbara; Baragar-Brcic, Penny – Religious Education, 2007
In the way of Catholic Education, young people are engaged to experience God. Although the authors' reflections are written from the Catholic faith perspective, they feel the suggestions offered for educators to engage the human spirit could be extended to various faith communities or audiences. These suggestions were coalesced from their personal…
Descriptors: Catholics, Religious Education, Spiritual Development, Teacher Role
Santini, Laurel – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2007
The author works as a developmental writing instructor and tutor at a community college. She loves to write, to carve out some time to do what she spends her days teaching others to do. The author states that her becoming a teacher has made her life less her own. For her, teacher is all-absorbing. Yet, her life is not depleted by teaching; rather,…
Descriptors: Conflict, Two Year Colleges, College Faculty, Developmental Programs
Kostogriz, Alex; Peeler, Eleanor – Teaching Education, 2007
This paper explores "spatial struggle" in the formation of professional identities of overseas-born teachers. The basis of this struggle arises from a limited number of subject positions available for them in pedagogical spaces of the Australian system of education. We argue that relations of power/professional knowledge in teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Workers, School Space
Roblyer, M. D. – Florida Vocational Journal, 1980
The increased availability of computers is affecting education along two fronts. First, the vocational curriculum must meet the demand for trained data-processing personnel and for computer-related skills in other occupations. Second, three major tools (computer-assisted instruction, computer-managed instruction, and computer-assisted guidance)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Science Education, Data Processing Occupations