Prof Ethics: priority

Question 1

****DISCUSS 5 CRITERIA FOR A PROFESSION

Answer 1

• UNIQUE SERVICE:

• no other professional practitioner delivers the same service (only educators teach)
• service must be unique + clearly defined,
• interests of the clients (the learner) must always be 1st

• INTELLECTUAL SKILL + SUBJ KNOWLEDGE:

• NB is emphasised in the theory + practical aspects of occupation (teaching as an occupation).
• intellectual skill ( of educator ) = extremely NB measure of true professionalism (the teaching profession)

•SPECIALISED TRAINING:

• a long period of specialised training=required
• this results=specialised knowledge=professional practitioners (educators) experts in their field

•IN-SERVICE TRAINING:

• person (educators) also requires in-service training
• continuously learn (remain a learner)=provide effective service

•CONTINUED RESEARCH:

• NB so outdated concept / actions can be replaced by modern + valid ones
• Research should cover a broad spectrum of selection, training + practice

•AUTONOMY:

• profession must protect its integrity
• professional controlling body ( such as professional teachs association ) represents all the members of the occupation += official mouthpiece of the profession

•PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY:
- practitioners of a profession must accept personal responsibility for their decisions +actions

•ETHICAL CODE:

• authority + privileges that community gives ->professional can be misused for a professional persons benefit… establish a professional code
• An ethical code… systematically sets out the ideal behaviour of a professional person +considered binding.

• SUBORDINATION OF FINANCIAL REWARD TO SERVICE:
- emphasis is on the service (teaching + education) delivered rather than financial reward.

Question 2

** DEFINE THE TERM ‘PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (5)

Answer 2

• ethics, norms +moral rules / principles that are applied to those practising a particular profession
• … action + behaviour
• Loot (1990) says it: guide actions of practitioners of an occupation so that they can cope with situation in a professional manner
• ethics: science of morality
• professional ethics: ethics of profession

Question 3

** WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF A PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT?(5)

Answer 3

• make the educator aware of NB -ethical behaviour
• protect +promote the rights +obligations of members of the profession + various associates
• protect the good name of the profession as a whole
• discipline members of a profession
• create ethical standards
• do away with incompetent + unethical behaviour

Question 4

***** DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS +TEACHERS UNIONS (10)

Answer 4

teachers association:
-association for educators that aims to render service to its member
• create specific area of safety for members
• strive towards professional service
• …promote interests +protect rights of educators

• a teachers’ union :
-established by a group of workers(aim of protecting common interest such: protecting their common interests such as labour provision, remuneration + conditions of service, but also gets involved in broader matters such as state authority + is at the foreground in the political +economic struggle with the state
-believes that it is the state’s responsibility to make provision for all facets of teaching + that it is the right +even the obligations of educators + learners to protest in order to ensure that the state accepts +meets it responsibility
• … protect the common interests of educators