Why Should I Be a Teacher
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4306531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan A Block (University of Wisconsin–Stout, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 416-427 |
| Publication date | 2008-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022487108324327 |
| OpenAlex | W2029624583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 6 |
Though teaching yet has its advocates, more and more teachers are leaving the profession after only a few years in the school setting. The satisfactions of this impossibly complex and difficult profession are less and less obvious in this era of accountability and high stakes testing. Indeed, I suggest that the satisfactions often ascribed to the teaching profession are ever doubtful, and in the article I look for an alternative to the current propaganda concerning the satisfactions to be expected by teachers in their work, and suggest that to teach is to take an ethical stance in the world. This ethical stance is, finally, the only and the best satisfaction available to the teacher
Accountability · Pedagogy · Political science · Work (physics) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Engineering · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2023 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |