The teaching profession has been in focus for a number of studies of quite different genres. Here I will present some research carried out in the European research project ‘Professional knowledge under restructuring in education and health care’ (Profknow).1 This is a seven-nation research consortium that has published a number of reports, articles and other texts.
I will start with a presentation and discussion of an extensive review of research dealing with the intersection of studies on the teaching profession and on educational restructuring. The discussion is based on the idea that we need to consider the contexts of research in order to understand research problematics and progress. After a short presentation on the research problematics in focus I will end with a summary of conclusions concerning the teaching profession in different contexts based on a set of empirical studies.
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Lindblad, S. (2009). Epilogue: Teaching Professions in Restructuring Contexts. In: Bayer, M., Brinkkjær, U., Plauborg, H., Rolls, S. (eds) Teachers' Career Trajectories and Work Lives. Professional Learning and Development in Schools and Higher Education, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2358-2_13
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