Literature on Professionalisation in Germany, Austria & Sweden

National Discourses on the Role and Competencies of Teachers

Sweden

The Politics of Teacher Professionalism: intraprofessional boundary work in Swedish teacher union policy

Focus: Unions constructing a knowledge base for teaching after the latest reform of Swedish teacher education.

Author: Lilja, Peter (2014)

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Decision-making and control: perceived autonomy of teachers in Germany and Sweden

Focus: Comparing perceptions of German and Swedish teachers concerning their professional autonomy.

Author: Wermke, Wieland, Olason Rick Sigrid & Salokangas Maija (2019)

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Enhancing pre-service teachers’ socio-emotional competence

Focus: The article gives an insight in relational pedagogy, emphasising socio-emotional competence. This motivates the reader to think of building positive relationships with students in their education.

Author: Aspelin, Jonas (2019)

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Teacher Education in Sweden: Revisiting the Swedish Model in Karanam Pushpanadham (red), Teacher Education in the Global Era: Perspectives and Practices.

Focus: The focus of the chapter is on pathways of the development of the Swedish teacher education through major reform periods and the impact on the teaching profession. The chapter conclude by deliberating on the professionalized teaching profession in the wake of globalization, migration and an increased need of multidimensional integration efforts.

Author: Hellstén, Meeri, Mickwitz, Larissa and Scharfenberg, Jonas (2020)

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Germany & Austria

Lehrerberuf und Professionalität. Gewandeltes Begriffsverständnis – neue Herausforderungen.

Focus: The article gives an insight into the change in the concept of profession and how this is related to the teaching profession. It also shows how the traditional understanding of the teaching profession is changing in the light of new instruments for managing school and classroom development.

Author: Terhart, Ewald (2011)

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Professionalisierung und Deprofessionalisierung im Lehrer/innenberuf

Focus: The article deals with professionalization in the teaching profession and the different research approaches of professional research.

Author: Bonnet, Andreas & Hericks, Uwe (2014)

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Professionalität und Professionalisierung pädagogischen Handelns

Focus: The text deals with professionalization in the field of action school as well as the ways and forms of professionalization in the teaching profession.

Author: Hugger, Kai-Uwe; Idel, Till-Sebastian; Schütz, Anna & Thünemann, Silvia

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Reflexive Professionalisierung. Anmerkungen zu dem ambitionierten Anspruch, die Reflexionskompetenz angehender Lehrkräfte umfassend zu fördern

Focus: In his contribution, the author explains the necessity of a reflected approach to the demand for reflection in teacher education.

Author: Häcker, Thomas (2019)

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Kostbare Präsenzzeit in der Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung. Wege der Professionalisierung durch selbstbestimmtes Lernen

Focus: The article gives an insight into the thinking perspectives of self-determined learning in the professionalization process.

Author: Wrana, Daniel (2017)

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Standards für die Lehrerbildung. Bildungswissenschaften

Focus: The resolution of the KMK 2004 sets out standards for teacher training in educational sciences.

Author: Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2014)

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