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Seddon, Terri – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2014
Contemporary global transitions are remaking education as a social institution and re-positioning educators in a lifelong learning political order. In this paper, I reflect on a research project that investigated the teaching occupation in learning societies in order to explain the concept of "educational work": the form of labour that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Teaching (Occupation), Lifelong Learning, Global Approach
Laird, Susan – Critical Questions in Education, 2013
Educational foundations scholars promote often the value of pre-service teachers' learning about school and society, yet how often do they consider likely comparable value in pre-service professors' learning about university and society? Could neglect of such graduate education for the professoriate have contributed to this educational…
Descriptors: Foundations of Education, Preservice Teachers, College Faculty, Educational Change
Emmett, Joshua – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2013
This essay seeks to establish a metaphor of the professional practice of teaching to the attributes and training of an offensive lineman in the game of American football. Effective classroom instruction does not rely exclusively on a rare set of talents but rather rests on the commitment to the work of teaching. Like the position of offensive…
Descriptors: Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Instructional Effectiveness, Goal Orientation
Weiner, Lois; Kaplan, Andy – Schools: Studies in Education, 2014
In this commentary, Andy Kaplan discusses with Lois Weiner, Diane Ravitch's latest book "The Reign of Error," which combines scholarly argument and scrupulous research in defense of democratic education. Weiner notes, the book will prove an important resource in the ongoing struggle for the survival of public schooling. Weiner adds,…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Public Schools, Discourse Analysis
Kroeber, Karl – Studies in American Indian Literatures, 2012
This article presents the address delivered by the author to Columbia college students elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society on May 18, 2009. In the address, the author talks about the work he had done that might be of interest to these students. He emphasizes two kinds of work that are interlocking, yet distinct: (1) teaching; and (2)…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Reaction, Teaching (Occupation), Scholarship
Langley, Wayne M. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Higher education is at a crossroads, not only in the U.S. but also globally. This challenge is prompting an immigrant union to once again take up the labor movement's historic role of speaking for the common good and the broad interests of working people. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 615 represents 18,000 property service…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Adjunct Faculty, Stakeholders
Ruiz, Victor – Social Indicators Research, 2012
This paper reflects on the results of a job satisfaction study of small-scale fishers in the Dominican Republic. The survey results suggest that, although fishers are generally satisfied with their occupations, they also have serious concerns. These concerns include anxieties about the level of earnings, the condition of marine resources and the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Latin Americans, Foreign Countries, Surveys
Sharrock, Geoff – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
This article presents the author's reply to Peodair Leihy's critique of his paper, "Two Hippocratic oaths for higher education," published in this "Journal" (Sharrock, 2010). In this article, the author focuses on several points of disagreement. The selling of wares is not a defining feature of professional work: many doctors and lawyers, for…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Professional Occupations, College Faculty, Standards
Hebert, Terri – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
Up ahead, a foreboding wooden door showing wear from passage of earlier travelers is spotted. As the old porch light emits a pale yellow glow, a key ring emerges from deep inside the coat pocket. Searching for just the right key, the voyager settles on one that also shows age. As the key enters its receptacle and begins to turn, a clicking noise…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Scholarship, Learning, Higher Education
Thombs, Brett D.; Jewett, Lisa R.; Bassel, Marielle – American Psychologist, 2011
Comments on the original article, "The efficacy of psychodynamic psychotherapy," by J. Shedler. Shedler declared unequivocally that "empirical evidence supports the efficacy of psychodynamic therapy" (p. 98). He did not mention any specific criticisms that have been made of evidence on psychodynamic psychotherapies or address possible distinctions…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Psychotherapy, Criticism, Meta Analysis
Rossmann, Allan; Wasserstein, Ron – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
Ron Wasserstein is Executive Director of the American Statistical Association (ASA). He previously served as Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Statistics at Washburn University. This interview took place via email on January 21- February 24, 2014. Topics covered in this interview are as follows: 1) Beginnings, 2) Teaching…
Descriptors: Interviews, Career Development, Teaching Experience, Profiles
Costley, Kevin C. – Online Submission, 2015
Poverty has always been a problem in the United States and no doubt the condition unfortunately will always prevail. Title One schools will always have children enrolled who come from the lower socioeconomic class. This article has to do with the devastating effect of poverty, including stories from a classroom teacher of students who lived in…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), At Risk Students, Student Behavior, Poverty
Higgins, Chris – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2012
This article presents the author's response to the reviews of his book, "The Good Life of Teaching: An Ethics of Professional Practice." He begins by highlighting some of the main concerns of his book. He then offers a brief response, doing his best to address the main criticisms of his argument and noting where the four reviewers (Charlene…
Descriptors: Ethics, Music Education, Reader Response, Book Reviews
O'Keeffe, James – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
In praise of isolation: Who says professional learning communities (PLCs) are a better way? The author says the PLC trend is but the latest education fad that is not helping teachers or students. PLCs, says the author, represents an administrative, clinical ideal of collaboration. He blames legions of high-paid consultants, and says that all along…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Faculty Development, Educational Innovation, Reputation
Stone, Susan – Research on Social Work Practice, 2014
This response considers together simultaneously occurring discussions about causal inference in social work and allied health and social science disciplines. It places emphasis on scholarship that integrates the potential outcomes model with directed acyclic graphing techniques to extract core steps in causal inference. Although this scholarship…
Descriptors: Inferences, Statistical Analysis, Cognitive Mapping, Research Methodology