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Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive
Professionalization; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL); Boyer
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Honors, Professionalism, And Teaching And Learning: A Response To Certification, John Zubizarreta
Honors, Professionalism, And Teaching And Learning: A Response To Certification, John Zubizarreta
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive
This essay responds to an argument for certification based on a particular sociological theory of professionalization. The case for certification rests on the supposition that honors has evolved from a nascent educational movement focused on distinct teaching and learning approaches for high-ability students to one that is now ready to professionalize in ways that require more specialization, organizational oversight, systematic evaluation, and exclusive credentialing through certification. The author suggests that honors is already a full-fledged professional endeavor, recognizing that the core emphasis on teaching and learning in honors is a genuinely professional endeavor when performed authentically in the experimental, creative, …