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The Profession of Education

The Profession of Education The Austral ian [ou rnal of Education VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 April 1958 A n Introductory Review C. SANDERS I have given this address the title " The Profession of Education", rather than the profession of teaching, because, in the words of Sir John Adams, I believe that education includes teaching as the" greater includes the less ".1 But despite the fact that chairs in the history, theory and practice of Education were established at Edinburgh and St. Andrews about eighty years ago, there are still impediments in the way of a unified and recognised profession. The causes are partly historical, and go back to the infancy of our universities, to the origins of the English grammar schools, with their religious beginnings, and to the independent collegiate schools that followed the pattern of Winchester from the fourteenth century onwards. The idea of independent schools preparing students for independent universities has a long history. A second factor has been the rise of national systems of education and the general acceptance of the principle that all children should be educated. To enable this to be done governments had to establish school systems, recruit intending teachers, and train them to work in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

The Profession of Education

Sanders, C.
Australian Journal of Education , Volume 3 (1): 12 – Apr 1, 1959
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SAGE
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© 1959 Australian Council for Educational Research
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0004-9441
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2050-5884
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10.1177/000494415900300101
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The Austral ian [ou rnal of Education VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 April 1958 A n Introductory Review C. SANDERS I have given this address the title " The Profession of Education", rather than the profession of teaching, because, in the words of Sir John Adams, I believe that education includes teaching as the" greater includes the less ".1 But despite the fact that chairs in the history, theory and practice of Education were established at Edinburgh and St. Andrews about eighty years ago, there are still impediments in the way of a unified and recognised profession. The causes are partly historical, and go back to the infancy of our universities, to the origins of the English grammar schools, with their religious beginnings, and to the independent collegiate schools that followed the pattern of Winchester from the fourteenth century onwards. The idea of independent schools preparing students for independent universities has a long history. A second factor has been the rise of national systems of education and the general acceptance of the principle that all children should be educated. To enable this to be done governments had to establish school systems, recruit intending teachers, and train them to work in

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Published: Apr 1, 1959

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