How has the use of the term professionalization changed in theory and practice in the last few decades?
Professionalization has changed less than professionalism itself I think. The process of professionalization has been pursued by numerous occupations recently, particularly by occupations in the health sector who have attempted to regulate the occupation, standardise the education and training to be received and often moved that education and training into the tertiary or university sector in order to add status to that particular occupation. So it can be seen as something that is done in the interest of the professional practitioners themselves, but it can also be functional to the extent which occupations regulate or are regulated. It is a useful thing because customers clients, patients, students and school children can at least anticipate that the service they are receiving will be of a particular standard. 4. Which occupations and sectors are experiencing the biggest changes? Well of course in the current economic climate you could say banking and finance, but that would be a rath
