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What is expected of a teacher in terms of their personal behavior?
What is a key aspect of a teacher's professional development?
What is a teacher's responsibility in terms of their private life?
Why should a teacher participate in professional meetings, seminars, and conferences?
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What is a teacher's responsibility in terms of their duties?
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Why should a teacher maintain active membership of professional organizations?
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What is expected of a teacher in terms of their behavior in research and teaching?
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What is a teacher's responsibility in terms of their role in the educational institution?
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What is a key aspect of a teacher's code of conduct?
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What is expected of a teacher in terms of their relationship with the university and its ideals?
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Study Notes
Objectives of Code of Conduct
- Improving the quality of teaching
- Inculcating professionalism among teachers
- Developing a positive attitude towards the teaching profession
- Helping students against unethical conduct of teachers
- Preventing violation of code of conduct
- Serving as a template for discussion and improving ethics in the teaching profession
- Promoting public trust
Purposes of Codes of Conduct and Ethics
- Fostering a culture of high standards of honesty, integrity, ethical, and law-abiding behavior among teachers
- Encouraging the observance of standards to protect and promote the interests of students and the institution
- Setting out the responsibility and accountability of teachers to report and investigate any reported violations of the code or unethical or unlawful behavior
- Instructing teachers about the standards of the school
- Developing the ethical foundations of good teaching
- Enabling teachers to deal consistently and fairly with all students in the classroom
- Ensuring professional interaction among teachers
- Making the disciplinary process easier when unethical behavior occurs
- Serving as an instrument of self-regulation
Importance of Professional Ethics
- Brings about deeper understanding of a teacher's role perceptions
- Develops a positive attitude towards work
- Develops a sense of commitment and accountability towards work
- Makes explicit the teacher's role and defines their rights and duties
- Helps bring about qualitative improvement in education
- Helps change the social, moral, and ethical atmosphere in educational institutions and society
Code of Conduct and Professional Ethics
- Code of Conduct is a set of professional ethical standards that teachers must comply with
- Refers to the behavior and ways of thinking of teachers in situations where a choice can affect the dignity and wellbeing of others
Teachers' Responsibilities
- Adhere to a responsible pattern of conduct and demeanor expected of them by the community
- Manage their private affairs in a manner consistent with the dignity of the profession
- Seek continuous professional growth through study and research
- Express free and frank opinions through participation in professional meetings and conferences
- Maintain active membership of professional organizations and strive to improve education and the profession through them
- Perform duties conscientiously and with dedication
- Discourage and not indulge in plagiarism and other non-ethical behavior in teaching and research
- Abide by the Act, Statute, and Ordinance of the University and respect its ideals, vision, mission, cultural practices, and tradition
- Co-operate and assist in carrying out educational responsibilities
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Description
This quiz covers the responsibilities of teachers according to the Code of Professional Ethics, including the importance of practicing what they preach and upholding national ideals of education.
