Download or read book Schoolteacher written by Dan C. Lortie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon its initial publication, many reviewers dubbed Dan C. Lortie's Schoolteacher the best social portrait of the profession since Willard Waller's classic The Sociology of Teaching. This new printing of Lortie's classic—including a new preface bringing the author's observations up to date—is an essential view into the world and culture of a vitally important profession.