Hugh Sockett

TL;DR: In this article, Sockett's focus is on the teacher as a living and central figure in the classroom, and he addresses the traits of idealism and altruism as agents of professionalism.

TL;DR: The authors explored teachers' use of moral language in their descriptions and interpretations of their K-12 classroom and graduate school experiences and argued that teacher education needs to encourage teachers to envision classrooms as moral rather than technical arenas, and urge teachers to use a moral vocabulary to describe their work.

TL;DR: The value of conceptualizing the desirable dispositions of the teacher as virtues is illuminated through distinguishing such dispositions-as-virtues from other dispositions and from personality tra... as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The twenty-first century will dawn with a continuing public concern about education as discussed by the authors. Educators know the immense importance of the ser vices they deliver to the society. We need to work together to...