Professionalization of teaching as a social service For many, education's purpose is to train students for work by providing the student with a limited set of skills and information to do a particular job. As Dewey notes, this limited vocational view is also applied to teacher training schools who attempt to quickly produce proficient and practical teachers with a limited set of instructional and discipline skills needed to meet the needs of the employer and demands of the workforce (Dewey, 1904). For Dewey, the school and the classroom teacher, as a workforce and provider of social service, have a unique responsibility to produce psychological and social goods that will lead to both present and future social progress.
professionalization of teaching as a social service for many education's purpose is to train students for work by providing the student with a limited set of skills and information to do a particular job as dewey notes this limited vocational view is also applied to teacher training schools who attempt to quickly produce proficient and practical teachers with a limited set of instructional and discipline skills needed to meet the needs of the employer and demands of the workforce (dewey 1904) for dewey the school and the classroom teacher as a workforce and provider of social service have a unique responsibility to produce psychological and social goods that will lead to both present and future social progress