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Show 6 teaching as teaching is a profession.5 not profession a Etzioni goes professions. Corwin, profession. professionalism. II so in the sense that law and medicine far sociology-oriented The National by a the works have meaning of the power. or semi term Since much of these professional, be good (NSBA) has consistently for education. teacher groups. any issue of American School over good are decision-making would Reporter a proved valuable. School Boards Association been contested by most all NEA teaching feeling of professionalism. held that lay and local control of board control to label the other hand, coins the term "mil itant on study centers around that shared as arc He states that the militant thrust of teachers is indeed motivated this Etzioni and Myers have concluded that This has These groups have held for education. Virtually Board Journal will deal with the virtues the school system while almost any issue of Today's Education will extoll the virtues of teacher Since this study is concerned with what the participants in the arguments have themselves said, the literature of the pro-NEA-Affiiiate movement, as well as that of the anti forces have been useful. The NEA and its affiliates have on paper--that their educational reasons. "par t'icf pant" in the members have generally assumed--at least joined because of professional Aside from being contested by the NSBA, arguing, such a or a conclusion has been questioned 5See Ronld G. Corwin, Militant Professionalism (New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1970), Amatai Etzioni, The Semi-Professions and Their Organization (New York: Free Press, 1969), and Donald A. Myers, Teacher Power--Professionalization and Collective Bar ainin (Levington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1973 . |
