The study draws on findings from a series of seven participatory action research projects in community care for older people carried out over a period of eight years in 20 municipalities in southern Sweden. The analysis here looks at social impact across administrative levels and geographical scales. Different professional groups and care workers…

Background: Professional commitment from teachers requires more than contractual compliance as personal and professional values are integral to teaching practice. Secondary school teachers are expected to act as role models and demonstrate positive attributes and attitudes in an evolving educational context. Little is known about how they…

Gives a brief history of NCTE and the people involved in its early years on the University of Illinois campus and describes how the organizations has lost the intellectual center that is most important to professionalism as opposed to craftsmanship. (CRH)

Praises NCTE's early years and its development of subgroups that took stands on ethical issues and calls for it to continue taking stands rather than to become a purveyor of basic skills. (CRH)

Describes the history of NCTE's positions in educational concerns and asks whether it will survive in the future with significance as an organization. (CRH)