From the words of Gardener

Professionals must continually be willing to educate the public about the nature of their enterprises and about what is needed for good work to be done within their domains. Professionals have a right to resist foolish misunderstandings of their own enterprises and to fight for the uncensored pursuit of knowledge. At the same time, they must be willing to listen carefully to reservations about their work from nonprofessionals, to anticipate possible misapplications of the work, and to speak out forcefully about where they stand with respect to such reservations, uses, and misapplications. (Gardener 2001, p.7)

 As I have become more immersed in the educational culture of both university and secondary schooling, the knowledge I have have gained and reflected critically upon in regards to topics such as pedagogy, behavior management and futures orientated learning have been discussed (and debated) by peers and friends outside of university alike. As an educator, one must keep shareholders (students, parents, peers & the school community) informed and advised on why certain pedagogical and classroom management strategies have been implemented. They must stick to their guns when a plan of attack is criticized or written off without fair explanation, and they must strive to achieve their own teaching goals, as well as the goals of the school/educational system.