Learning from experience is the fifth attribute and Shulman says that applying new theoretical knowledge is not as challenging as learning from experience. Therefore, members of professions have to develop the capacity to learn form experience and of their own practice. The final attribute is learning and monitoring communities. I feel that teaching is definitely a profession because it uses all of Lee Shulman's six attributes. Teachers have to be devoted to their work and understand the methods of teaching.
Education is a part of everyday living.
I think that teachers are professionals because of the impact they have on their students. If teachers can make such and impact on someone's life they should be considered a professional. The Elementary School Journal V98.