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EJ470584 EA528537
Title: Accreditation and the Creation of a Profession of Teaching.Author(s):Wise, Arthur E.; Leibrand, Jane
Source: Phi Delta Kappan, v75 n2 p133-36,154-57 Oct 1993
Publication Date: 1993
ISSN: 0031-7217
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1994
To avoid treating
or paying teachers as professionals, our society and its educational
system have willingly accepted mediocrity. Moving toward a new vision
of teaching, this article proposes the integration of three policy
mechanisms (accreditation, licensing, and advanced certification)
producing three types of teachers: instructors (college graduates),
professional teachers, and board-certified teachers. (11 references)
(MLH)
Descriptors: *Accreditation (Institutions); *Certification;
*Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; *Professional
Associations; Quality Control; *Standards; *Teaching (Occupation)
Identifiers: Amateurism; National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Educ; *Professionalism
