Is Teaching a Profession? For the last 50 years educators have devoted a great deal of energy to the debate over whether teaching can be considered a profession. Unfortunately‚ this turns out to have been the wrong question‚ and so led us to the wrong sort of answers. For example‚ there was a very heated debate in the 1960s and 1970s over whether teachers could organize strikes and still claim that they were members of a professional association‚ rather than a union. This controversy only makes
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What does it mean to be a Profession? Professions produce uniquely expert work‚ not routine or repetitive work. Medicine‚ theology‚ law‚ and the military are ―social trustee forms of professions. 1 Effectiveness‚ rather than pure efficiency‚ is the key to the work of professionals—the sick want a cure‚ the sinner wants absolution‚ the accused want exoneration‚ and the defenseless seek security. Professionals require years of study and practice before they are capable of expert work. Society is
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Nursing as a Profession and the Professionalism Standards Erika Troutman‚ RN Nursing 408 Conceptual Bases in Nursing Linda Jacobson‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PHN‚ COI‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI January 31‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the many aspects of my nursing career and what led me to the area in which I choose to work now‚ and also the standards of nursing as a profession. Ideas that professionalism amongst the nursing community can affect much more
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Legal Profession in India The history of the legal profession in India can be traced back to the establishment of the First British Court in Bombay in 1672 by Governor Aungier. The admission of attorneys was placed in the hands of the Governor-in-Council and not with the Court. Prior to the establishment of the Mayor’s Courts in 1726 in Madras and Calcutta‚ there were no legal practitioners. The Mayor’s Courts‚ established in the three presidency towns‚ were Crown Courts with right of appeal first
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Why Helpers Chose the Helping Profession Team B 350/BHS July 19‚ 2014 Becky Day There are many factors that influence a person’s decision to enter any profession. Human service careers are specifically unique in that financial gain is not the primary motivation (Woodside & McClam‚ 2011). Individuals who choose this career can have a desire to help others and are motivated by the gratification received when he or she successfully assists the client in improving the client’s life. It is important
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The teacher as a person cannot be detached from the teacher as a professional. You are this person. Before you become a professional‚ you must possess and develop characteristics which are attuned to the teaching profession. In other words‚ aptitude towards teaching is a significant factor to one’s success as teacher. A good teacher is a humane person looked up to and highly regarded by others. Like you and me‚ a teacher is a breathing‚ feeling and loving person with inborn qualities as well as
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Coding. The 3 careers of my interest are Nursing Assistant‚ Medical Assistant‚ and Medical Transcriptionist n which they are all relate to each other as a Medical Profession. The responsibility‚ salaries‚ opportunity in that field‚ and potential growth in that field that will be explained in the following essay. The following Medical Profession has many reasons for the opportunity to have employment once you finish your education. Medical Billing & Coding is the course in which I’m enrolled‚ in this
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employment of women and she suggested that I might tell you something about my own professional experiences. It is true I am a woman; it is true I am employed; but what professional experiences have I had? It is difficult to say. My profession is literature; and in that profession there are fewer experiences for women than in any other‚ with the exception of the stage--fewer‚ I mean‚ that are peculiar to women. For the road was cut many years ago--by Fanny Burney‚ by Aphra Behn‚ by Harriet Martineau‚ by
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and weakness and health and illness like day and night these happenings are inherent in everyone’s life cycle. But it is silver lining that there are noble people who work all their lives to mitigate the sufferings of the others. Among them‚ the profession of doctors is perhaps most respected for service to the society. A good doctor is also empathetic and humane. He tries to understand what his patient is going through and shows kindness while dealing with the unwell. This would involve interaction
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Nursing as a Profession The Purpose of this paper is to discuss whether nursing is a profession based on Pavalko’s eight dimensions describing a profession. Firstly‚ we must understand the definition of a profession before one can accurately judge the validation of the nursing profession. According to Webster dictionary‚ the definition of a profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long academic preparation” (Webster dictionary‚ 2008). The nursing profession is one that
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