Czy praca nauczycieli jest ceniona?
Is the teacher’s work valued?

Author(s): Rafał Piwowarski
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: teachers; teachers’ profession assessment; teachers’ salaries
Summary/Abstract: This text primarily draws from current Polish and international data and is divided into two main parts. Firstly, when we consider the question whether the work of a person, group of people or professions is valued, we have several options for expressing this assessment. We can use the opinions of people (more or less objective and authoritative), i.e. what people think about a given job or profession. These can be opinion surveys regarding the hierarchy of professions according to social respect, prestige, honesty, reliability and trust. Finally, in the opinion-based assessment group – the beliefs of the representatives of the teacher profession are an important aspect of the assessment. In some cases it shows great diversification between these two groups (society and teachers). The second, more measurable group of indicators that are the basis for formulating the assessment of the profession are earnings. They are compared to the earnings in other professions, the salaries of people with similar education and in comparison to earnings in a given profession in many countries. The presented data and analysis concern mainly teachers as a whole professional group. In the text, the author focuses on the issues identified at the beginning, concerning the two groups and related not only to Polish teachers.

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