ABSTRACT
The range of behaviour acceptable as a teacher is wide and probably wider than the range into which doctors or lawyers are socialized. Within this range available to teachers those with different motives for teaching are able to create very different biographies and still be known as teachers. In a recent consideration of the occupations traditionally known as professions Johnson has focused upon 'the producer-consumer relationship'. Johnson has presented three ideal typical relationships: the collegiate; patronage; and the mediative. In this chapter, these ideal types are used to see whether the occupation of teaching fits Johnson's collegiate pattern. Under modern conditions the state is coming to employ more and more professional people. In some cases almost all the members of a profession work for the state; examples are the doctors and the teachers. Very few professions are totally outside state employment; acting is perhaps one instance.
