Advantages and Disadvantages for the teaching ‘profession’

Teaching is viewed by many people has being a profession. Teaching matches the model of a profession as there is a body of knowledge that is acquired such as pedagogy and knowledge of various subjects. One of the advantages of the teaching pedagogy is teaching is an honorable profession which benefits the leaders and professionals of the future. One of the disadvantages of teaching is the day-to-day tasks such as rolls, answering queries, marking. These are all tasks that are seen as being minor setbacks to the teaching profession.

A teacher in a richer community may seen more as a middle-class citizen due to the popular belief of teaching being an ‘easy profession’. In a poorer community teachers are generally portrayed as being noble leaders.