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CAMARGO-MARTINEZ, Mónica  y  MEDOR, Ducange. Between vocation and professionalization. What does it mean to be a university teacher today?. RMIE [online]. 2024, vol.29, n.101, pp.205-228.  Epub 29-Jul-2024. ISSN 1405-6666.

The cultural transformations experienced by the occidental world since the decade of 1960 led to a modification of the relationship that the teachers used to have with their educational profession. They went over from a vocation to a profession without further ado. This is the idea that François Dubet puts forward in his analysis of what he calls the “decline of the institution”. In this article, we started by considering this theory in order to put to the test its pertinence and to understand the relationship that the university teachers construct with their profession. By means of interviews in a private university, we demonstrate that what prevails is a conception and a relation with the teaching labor that can be assimilated with a vocational commitment based on a belief in a “missionary” dimension of university teaching.

Palabras llave : higher education; professionals of education; teachers; teachers’ work; vocation.

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