ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the dilemmas surrounding the teacher and teaching in professional education. It shows how teacher is a member of two professions and that straddling both of these is a most demanding phenomenon. The teacher in the professions is expected to be a master of the discipline, or a sub-discipline, upon which professional practice is based. The recruits to the profession are expected to learn their theory from the specialist during their professional basic education. The teacher of recruits to the profession needs to understand learning theory, the art of communication, art of planning lessons and other relevant topics. Since practical skills are less prestigious than theoretical knowledge it is hardly surprising that few of the professions have actually instituted a specific practical work teacher function and that few train those who undertake it. The teacher in the professions is confronted with a number of problems, all of which are relevant to teachers in higher education generally.
