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Students, Teachers, School Personnel

This area concerns the people of education — students, teachers, and school personnel: their roles, careers, knowledge, and development.

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Scope

It covers teacher education and professional development, teacher knowledge and careers, the teaching profession, and student roles and experience.

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Core questions

  • What knowledge do effective teachers have?
  • How do teachers develop professionally?
  • What shapes the teaching career and profession?
  • How do students experience school roles?

Key concepts

  • Teacher knowledge
  • Pedagogical content knowledge
  • Teacher socialization
  • Professional development
  • Teaching as a career
  • Teacher education

Key theories

The teaching profession
Waller and Lortie analysed teaching as an occupation with distinctive culture, socialization, and constraints.
Pedagogical content knowledge
Shulman identified the special knowledge teachers need to make subject matter learnable.

History

The study of teachers developed from Waller's and Lortie's sociology of the occupation to Shulman's analysis of teacher knowledge, shaping teacher education and professional standards.

Debates

Is teaching a profession?
Debates over teacher autonomy, expertise, and status as markers of professionalism.

Key figures

  • Willard Waller
  • Dan Lortie
  • Lee Shulman

Related topics

Seminal works

  • waller-1932
  • lortie-1975
  • shulman-1986

Frequently asked questions

What is pedagogical content knowledge?
Shulman's concept of the special knowledge teachers have for making particular subject matter comprehensible to learners.

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