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1. Define profession

Profession The concept of profession consists in a system of ethical principles expressible as duties or obligation (David, 2012).

Profession Professional Professionalism

• They get paid what they do.
• Ground for generalization Activities of different occupations. Requirements of

particular class or category of occupation.

2.Reasons for changing old teaching methods

The old concept was that if a teacher once qualified and competent, he could teach all the subjects in all the situations, for example, one size fits all. The previous concept of teaching was as a part of the growth part. For example, I was trained once and now I am considered fully trained as long as I continue in this profession. So, this is the old concept and the other one is the disconnected from the teacher's classroom and the students. Reasons: And they have given a very explanatory portrayal of the five C's. For example,

1. Confidence · 2. Competence · 3. Credibility · 4. Career development · 5. Change management

Q3. Is accountability an ethical concept. Why?

Accountability is an ethical concept

• It concerns proper behaviour, and deals with the responsibilities of individuals and organizations
• For their action towards other people and agencies
• According to Bovens (2005) accountability can be defined as the methods by which the
• Actor may render an account (i.e. justify their actions and decisions) to the stakeholders
• Stakeholders may hold the actor to account (i.e. impose sanctions or grant permissions).

Define phronesis

• The Aristotelian idea of phronesis is an ability to make practically intelligent and

ethically responsive judgments in particular circumstances Phronesis is a reasoned and true state of capacity to act with regard to human goods.

How teacher professionalism can be enhanced?

For enhancing professionalism

: Approach of enhancing the teachers’ esteem deserves prominence in programs of leadership and management development and training. Since it is predicated on empathy with the experienced realities of teaching, it surely offers a better prospects for improving education.

What are the three enemies of development with respect to quality education?

Plays an important role in the development of a nation. Enables people to fight against three enemies of development which are:

• Ignorance
• Poverty
• Diseases

What is mean by professional standard?3marks

Standards and Professionalism

Professional standards mean being qualified in the area of expertise in which proficiency is required. Professional standards involve a code of rules, ethics/or conduct that maintains and promotes public confidence in the work of the professionals. Define organizational accountability 2marks It works through the superior/subordinate relationships that define actors’ authority and responsibility. Define interprofessional working 2 marks The term refers to interaction between professionals involved, albeit from different backgrounds, but who have the same joint goals in working together. Inter-professional working is a term given to a group of professionals from different agencies with a verity of specialist backgrounds working together to give children with different difficulties and levels of learning the opportunity to reach their full potential in education. Professional Accountability It is promulgated through codes of conduct or practice and systems of regulation designed and operated by peers.

The Agency of Practitioners

• The agency of professional is an important element

• It can give rise to new knowledge
• Professionals are easily able to exercise professional agency in practice.

Judgement criteria for professionalism

Members strive to be current in their professional knowledge and recognize its relationship to practice. They understand and reflect on student development, learning theory, pedagogy, curriculum, ethics, educational research and related policies and legislation to inform professional judgement in practice.

Posies and praxis

Poiesis and Praxis; according to Carr’s (1987) translation, ‘making action’ and ‘doing action’. Poiesis is about making things. It is about ‘how something may come into being which is capable of either being or not being’ (which means that it is about the variable, not about what is eternal and necessary). Praxis is everything that poiesis is not. It is not instrumental, it is not about the making things, and it does not require technical or technological knowledge. Praxis is ‘about what sort of things conduce to the good life in general’. It is about practice of knowledge.

Types of motivation for accountability

Three types of Motivation for Accountability ⚫ Accountability s a virtue that is describable in its own right ⚫ Accountability as a guideline for answerability which motivates precautionary behavior that