The teaching profession in the knowledge society. A look through the research review of the last 10 years

Abstract

This article has the basic purpose of approaching the challenges posed to the teaching profession to face the 21st century social, economic, cultural and technological conditions. We do this by reviewing a set of publications derived from research carried out by the authors during the last ten years within the Stellae Research Group (httt.stellae.usc.es) to identify and analyze results that put macro meso and micro factors into play, which articulate the answers of faculty and institutions concerned. We also resort to research and authors that help us understand what these challenges are, where they come from, who poses them and what meanings emerge for the teaching profession.
The most relevant conclusions show how the educational policies complement the initial training to deepen the devaluation of the teaching staff, encouraging their loss of autonomy. With this background, faculty and institutions are divided between conservation and change, despite the demands for transformation stemming from the current technological impulse.