Teachers and teacher education: a call for a renewed sociological research agenda

This article provides an overview of the main sociological approaches applicable to the study and analysis of teaching, teachers and teacher education. Analytical perspectives from sociology are then compared to research on teachers from two other disciplines, education economics and educational psy...

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Published inInternational studies in sociology of education Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 90 - 109
Main Author Reimer, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Administrator Surveys
Career Choice
Comparative Education
Economics
Educational Psychology
Educational sociology
Foreign Countries
Nordic countries
Secondary School Students
Social Science Research
Sociological research
Sociology
sociology of teaching
Student Teachers
Teacher Competencies
Teacher Education
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Evaluation
Teacher Motivation
Teacher Recruitment
Teacher Surveys
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Conditions
Value Added Models
Denmark
Finland
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Summary:This article provides an overview of the main sociological approaches applicable to the study and analysis of teaching, teachers and teacher education. Analytical perspectives from sociology are then compared to research on teachers from two other disciplines, education economics and educational psychology, which have produced the lion's share of recent research on teachers. In the article's final section, recent results are reported from surveys of student teachers and teachers in two Nordic countries, Denmark and Finland, to exemplify the importance of institutional and other contextual variables for the study of teachers and teaching. The article ends with a plea for a renewed sociological research agenda that studies teachers and teacher education.
ISSN:0962-0214
1747-5066
DOI:10.1080/09620214.2019.1601582