Certification of Teachers: Tensions in a New Signature Reform
Professional certification or registration is a designation earned by an individual. It is an authorization materialized as a document bearing the signature of a person given the authority to “sign off” professionals. A signed document also signals the “professionalism” of the profession by indicati...
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Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Professions and Professionalism |
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| author | Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke Tomas Englund |
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| description | Professional certification or registration is a designation earned by an individual. It is an authorization materialized as a document bearing the signature of a person given the authority to “sign off” professionals. A signed document also signals the “professionalism” of the profession by indicating the capacities that are expected of a professional and the competencies that are required for the successful exercise of an occupation—the desirable components of professional practice. However, the implications and logics of a signing process vary according to different factors, such as status, jurisdiction and societal legitimacy. Drawing on a case from Sweden, this paper investigates and critically discusses the logics of the recent reform of certification of Swedish school teachers. Applying a theoretical distinction between the logics of professional “responsibility” and “accountability,” we indicate embedded consequences for the signing process and teacher professionalism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cdf1a15dbf504af0805e6b4cc904b4c22022-12-21T20:55:44ZengOslo and Akershus University College of Applied SciencesProfessions and Professionalism1893-10492014-06-014210.7577/pp.668585Certification of Teachers: Tensions in a New Signature ReformTone Dyrdal Solbrekke0Tomas Englund1University of OsloÖrebro UniversitetProfessional certification or registration is a designation earned by an individual. It is an authorization materialized as a document bearing the signature of a person given the authority to “sign off” professionals. A signed document also signals the “professionalism” of the profession by indicating the capacities that are expected of a professional and the competencies that are required for the successful exercise of an occupation—the desirable components of professional practice. However, the implications and logics of a signing process vary according to different factors, such as status, jurisdiction and societal legitimacy. Drawing on a case from Sweden, this paper investigates and critically discusses the logics of the recent reform of certification of Swedish school teachers. Applying a theoretical distinction between the logics of professional “responsibility” and “accountability,” we indicate embedded consequences for the signing process and teacher professionalism.https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp/article/view/668 |
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