For many teachers, that initial sense of vocation can become tarnished as they experience the reality of teaching in schools, and within educational systems, that are not necessarily designed or equipped to enable teachers’ professionalism to flourish.  In the early 1990s Michael Fullan argued for “a conception ...

Necessary improvement of living and working conditions and of teacher training We must, therefore, rethink constantly the content and objectives of our instruction and, in so doing, train teachers differently and offer them, in particular, more attractive or motivating living and working conditions, including salaries and care...