Supporting Teaching Staff Development for Professional Education: Editorial | Synapse
March 29, 2026Open Access
Supporting Teaching Staff Development for Professional Education: Editorial
Key Points
This editorial examines the ongoing challenges faced by the teaching profession amidst modernity.
Review of existing literature on teaching professionalism and development
Analysis of historical and contemporary positions on teaching as a profession
Discussion of implications for teacher development programs
Teaching remains contested in terms of its professional status
Contradictory forces influence teachers' roles and development
Calls for comprehensive support systems for teaching staff development
Abstract
The status of teaching as a profession has been subject to contradictory forces since the beginning of modernity and remains an area of contestation (Ingersoll Robinson, 2017) ...