Open AccessTeaching the Professions
Author(s) -
Jeffrey J. Williams
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
radical teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-0832
pISSN - 0191-4847
DOI - 10.5195/rt.2014.53
Subject(s) - portrait , class (philosophy) , sociology , pedagogy , epistemology , aesthetics , history , art history , art , philosophy
This essay argues that we should teach the professions. The author discusses in particular teaching the rise of the modern professions in conjunction with the development of the Anglo-American novel through the Victorian, modern, and contemporary periods. He also suggests readings from the history and theory of professions, showing how they build a fuller portrait of both the literature and the theory. Teaching the professions is a useful way to examine class. It also opens a way to look at the precarious condition of the professional managerial class today