Journals of Education for the Professions: A Preliminary Study.

Overview & Synopsis

Does the concern for various topics in professional journals cut across professional lines? The purpose of this study was to determine if a commonality of concern existed among the professions, as evidenced in the following journals: Journal of Medical Education; Journal of Legal Education; Journal of Teacher Education; English Education; and The American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business Bulletin. Conclusions include: (1) Journals of education within the individual professions were similar in purpose. (2) The educators in the individual professions shared a concern for curriculum and instruction, external relations, and professional standards and admissions, with secondary concern for the specific topics of field experiences, continuing and graduate education, faculty roles and attitudes, supply and distribution of practitioners, and professional education programs in other countries. (3) Medicine, teaching, and engineering all felt the pressures of supply and demand; and medicine and teaching, particularly, have had to face questions of professional ethics. (Author/PG)