Key topics in education in Europe : the teaching profession in Europe: profile, trends and concerns; Volume 3: supplementary report: Reforms of the teaching profession: a historical survey (1975-2002)

The purpose of this overview is to outline and analyse the development of the teaching profession in Europe in recent decades. It is based on the information contained in the national reform tables mentioned above. These tables show changes to the profession that are considered to be reasonably representative by the national experts. Neither those tables nor this overview claim to be exhaustive, but should instead be read as a short description of the most important changes affecting the profession and - above all - as an investigation into their aims and context.