The Teaching Profession: Historical Emergence and Societal Impact

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the teaching profession, exploring its historical emergence, the duties and responsibilities of teachers, and its significant impact on society. The report begins with a description of the teaching profession, outlining the various roles and services provided by teachers in different educational settings. It then delves into the historical evolution of teaching, tracing its origins and development across different civilizations. The report also analyzes relevant policies and legislation impacting the teaching profession, particularly within the UK context, highlighting key priorities and reforms. Furthermore, it examines the profound changes to society brought about by the teaching profession, emphasizing the role of teachers in shaping individuals and contributing to national development. The report concludes by discussing the successes and downfalls of the profession, including challenges faced by teachers and the impact of technology and funding. The report also provides recommendations for improvements to the teaching profession.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Description of job........................................................................................................................3
Historical emergence of teaching profession...............................................................................4
Relevant policy and Legislation..................................................................................................4
Changes to the society due to teaching........................................................................................5
Success and downfalls of teaching profession.............................................................................5
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
The file is about a service which endures many duties and responsibilities which affect the
society. The profession being chosen here is teacher who educates and trains students to become
the contributing and ethical members of the society. The file describes the historical emergence
of the occupation in the form of literature review. The short analysis of relevant policy and
legislation of the chosen professional and occupational group has been summarised. The impact
of the profession on society has been emphasise. Lastly, the success and downfalls of the
profession has been discussed.
Description of job
Teaching profession is an illustrious job where teachers not only help shape the careers of their
students but also teach them valuable lessons of life to foster an upbringing in them which can
help build a better society. The main duties of the teachers are:
A) To take the morning assembly session speaking of school, to infuse a sense of discipline
and belief from the start of the day.
B) To make sure that the students are following the rules and regulations of the school.
C) To impart lessons in a way that can help pupils of all intellectual categories like emphasis
more on the slow learners to make them come at grid (Sonia,2017).
D) To teach students on national curriculum guidelines within the special subject areas.
E) Encouraging student participation in lessons and other activities related to school.
F) Assessing the behaviour in terms of conduct and progress report in sports and academics.
G) Helping in smooth running and administration of school.
Types of service provided by teachers
Teaching profession is one which has a large scope in terms of establishments. A teacher may
lend their services in school viz. primary or secondary. A teacher can be one who teaches at a

college or university known as professors there. A teacher can also lend services in form of a
tutor at home giving tuitions or at a coaching centre.
Teaching profession is not related to academics alone. With change in time, equal
emphasis is also being given on sports and other extra-curricular activities like music, dance,
yoga etc. These all help give an overall creative personality to an individual.
Historical emergence of teaching profession
As spoken by Craig (2018), teaching has been present since start of mankind. As mankind
progressed the first letter was developed in Egypt and the earliest form of school was also
developed in Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. Since then, many civilizations have evolved and
introduced their methods and ways of learning and teaching.
As illustrated by Call (2018), St Augustine gets the credit for starting of education in
England. In 597, King’s school was started by him at Canterbury and some years later at
Rochester in 604. Earlier, education was limited to male nobles and gentry who wanted to enter
priest hood. Later on as trade progressed, grammar schools were established. Thereafter, came
Winchester college in 1382 which changed the grammar school model in several ways
As spoken by Davis (2017), role of teacher has changed drastically talking of modern
age. The profession which it used to be 20 years ago is not the same now. It has drastically
changed over the years with not being a sage on the stage but a facilitator to the students. The job
is now to set objectives and devise the learning process through new techniques. Teacher has to
now enable learning to happen by acting as a counsellor and guide to students rather than just be
the source of learning.
The classroom learning of chalk and blackboard is slowly taking change with technology coming
in with smart boards used for teaching purpose. Teachers use these methods by visual appeal to
make students learn in an interesting manner which they can retain for long. This approach has
refined the profession with teacher becoming a mentor who helps in arousing curiosity which is
the most important feature in student’s life.
Relevant policy and Legislation
Speaking of education policy in UK, there are three priorities to be focused on. There should be
investment done in good teaching. Teacher according to the policy has to have a certain set of

skills and will also have a responsibility to protect and safeguard the children. The Education and
Inspection Act(2006) allows teachers to impose disciplinary penalties to safeguard children from
bullies .This bill also promotes community cohesion (Allen and Bull, 2018).
The government will support complementary education system reform across public and
non-state sectors which will help make education system more accountable, effective and
inelusive. The education policy of the government is set to target support to underprivileged
children and children with disabilities to help receive education at least of 12 years period.
Changes to the society due to teaching
Teaching can be said to have a huge impact on the society. The teachers have remained the light
showing the path to success to many. These people can be called the silent contributors to the
society. From early stage, they have told the pupils about the importance of moral and ethical
behaviour, the value of social customs and society, the duty and obligations to the environment,
serving the people who are in need (Sonia, 2017). The family, cultural and social values have
been taught along with the lessons which has created an impression in the minds of pupils to
remain unified and strive hard to make the society a better place to live in. Apart from that, there
has been a significant increase in talent pool of the country with a splurge of engineers, doctors,
lawyers coming in. This can be really an achievement in shaping the career of the youth. Today
also, when big industry stalwarts come to give speech at an important function, they remember
their teachers. Thus, can be realised the impression left behind by the teachers who have helped
shape foundation of such people who have not only achieved success but are now contributing to
the nation’s economy along with giving employment to the youth of the country.
Success and downfalls of teaching profession
The profession has made people big achievers in their life and also honest hard-working
professionals. The people who were earlier opposed to higher education have now begun to see
the difference education can create. The profession’s impact has been such that it has made
education industry one of the biggest growing industries. People have seen rise in employment
due to various courses being churned out at universities suiting industrial requirements. Students
have not only made name in academics but also excelled in sports through tutor’s guidance and

have carved careers out of it. Technology all the way has transformed the profession as a
dignified and of age one (Lewis and Holloway, 2019).
However, like any other profession, this one has its drawbacks too. It has seen setbacks in
the form of state funded schools teachers not having enough resources to teach children.
Technology is in very limited use. There have been corrupt practices by officials which have led
these schools being overlooked. Thus, there has been a low morale in teachers there who have
also lost interest and are just doing their working hours without efficiency and goal to
accomplish.
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It can be concluded that teaching profession is a noble one and at its helm in current times.
Teacher’s duties and responsibilities have changed in the modern day with not only a knowledge
provider but a mentor who guides through the learning process. Technology has evolved the
system and helped teachers to bring creativeness and quality in their content and manner of
teaching. These methods have now to be brought in state funded and other small schools so that
no student lags behind due to the unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles which prolong funding for
development projects in schools.
The recommendations can be that school industry is growing fast but it should not be like
a corporate one to only attract parent’s attention but providing an environment where the pupil
can set oneself free to learn, enjoy and implement education values in life. Teachers have to be
their guiding pathway to make the student experience an enriched and knowledgeable one.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Craig, C.J., 2018. Metaphors of knowing, doing and being: Capturing experience in teaching and
teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education. 69. pp.300-311.
Call, K., 2018. Professional teaching standards: A comparative analysis of their history,
implementation and efficacy. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 43(3). p.6.
Davis, M., 2017. Teaching design: A guide to curriculum and pedagogy for college design
faculty and teachers who use design in their classrooms. Simon and Schuster.
Putri, A.A.F., Putri, A.F., Andriningrum, H., Rofiah, S.K. and Gunawan, I., 2019, December.
Teacher Function in Class: A Literature Review. In 5th International Conference on Education
and Technology (ICET 2019) (pp. 5-9). Atlantis Press.
Sonia, G. ed., 2017. Educational research and innovation pedagogical knowledge and the
changing nature of the teaching profession. OECD Publishing.
Lewis, S. and Holloway, J., 2019. Datafying the teaching ‘profession’: Remaking the
professional teacher in the image of data. Cambridge journal of education. 49(1). pp.35-51.
Torres, A.C. and Weiner, J., 2018. The new professionalism? Charter teachers’ experiences and
qualities of the teaching profession. education policy analysis archives. 26. p.19.
Allen, K. and Bull, A., 2018. Following policy: A network ethnography of the UK character
education policy community. Sociological Research Online. 23(2). pp.438-458.
Horsford, S.D., Scott, J.T. and Anderson, G.L., 2018. The politics of education policy in an era
of inequality: Possibilities for democratic schooling. Routledge.
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