Some aspects of recruitment to school teaching among university graduates in Scotland, 1860–1955
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8405004 |
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| Authors | Geof Mercer (University of Leeds), David J C Forsyth (University of Strathclyde) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-77 |
| Publication date | 1975-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00071005.1975.9973428 |
| OpenAlex | W2073288015 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
i. Introduction he position of school teaching in the hierarchy of prospective occupations as viewed by university graduates has been a source of continuing concern for those in education. It has been widely argued that the teacher's public image has not been sufficiently high and has, indeed, been in decline for some time past.' The criteria which may be taken as estimates of the standing of teaching are several; these include the qualifications obtained by the members, their social background, their sex composition, their financial rewards, and the extent of their life commitment.2 A relatively poor showing on these provides an indication of the nature and extent of the points which weigh in the minds of graduates contemplating employment in a particular area. In this article a unique source of information on university graduates is used to provide an unusually long historical record of the pattern of recruitment to school teaching in Scotland. Our intention is to examine whether there has been any change in the characteristics of graduates who became teachers during the period between 186o and 1955As far as the nature of the final award obtained by teachers is concerned there can be little doubt that the objective of a wholly graduate body has been a cherished ambition in Scottish educational circles for over a hundred years.3 Yet always the supply of graduate teachers has been quite inadequate to cope with the ever increasing numbers of pupils in attendance at school. The consolidation of professional claims has therefore more commonly been expressed as a demand that all those entering teaching undergo a course of professional training rather than that all those in teaching hold a university degree. The requirement of
Attendance · Consolidation (business) · Hierarchy · Medical education · Pedagogy · Period (music) · Political science · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Historical Education and Society · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Scottish History and National Identity
| Highly cited | No |
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