Scenarios about 'professionalization'
The historical process through which occupations transform into formal professions with standardized training, licensing requirements, and ethical codes. Professionalization typically involves establishing specialized knowledge, creating professional organizations, gaining social status, and securing autonomy over practice standards. This phenomenon has shaped modern institutions across fields like medicine, law, engineering, and education, influencing social hierarchies and the distribution of expertise in societies.
What If Teacher Certification Was Never Required?
Exploring the alternate timeline where formal teacher certification requirements never developed in American education, radically transforming the teaching profession, educational institutions, and learning outcomes across generations.