The Dichotomy between the Concept of Professionalism and the Reality of Sexism in Teaching

Kaufman, Roberta; Westland, Caron; Engvall, Robert P.

doi:10.1177/0022487197048002005

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“…None of these proposals for the professionalization of teaching acknowledge the role of gender in the position of teaching in today's society. By ignoring the historical and cultural interweaving of gender and teaching, researchers and reformers who focus on teacher professionalism ignore key barriers toFand possibilities forFthe reframing of the position and role of teacher in society (Kaufman et al, 1997). The concept of a profession, like the concept of career, has been created by and applies to jobs and career paths that were, from their inception, male dominated.…”

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confidence: 99%

Choosing to Teach: Reflections on Gender and Social Change

Smulyan

2004

Teachers College Record

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This study uses data from a 10-year longitudinal study to explore how women graduates of a liberal arts college experience the gendered construction of teachers and teaching as they make life and career choices. These women respond to the expectations and pressures of families and teachers, renegotiate their own definitions of success and achievement, and reconstruct definitions of teaching and themselves as teachers. Despite their understanding of the status of other possible career choices, and their resistance of gendered frameworks of career and success, the women in this study ignore the rhetoric of teacher professionalization that might provide them with an alternative definition of teaching. Instead, they reframe teaching as a political act, one through which they can address issues of social inequality and social injustice.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%