International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 12

Envisioning Professional Ethics in Teaching Profession

  • Author:
  • Jyoti Kumari
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 244 to 250

Assistant Professor in, Education, Aryawart College of Education, Khanda, Kharkhoda, Distt.-Sonipat, Haryana, India

Abstract

A Teacher plays a key role in the education and also in student's life. Teaching job is a great responsibility than a mere job. It has an impact on the growth and well-being of the nation. A teacher has far-reaching influence on the society; no other personality can have an influence more profound than that of teacher. Because they have a daily influence on the lives of children, teachers are often held to high standards. In the midst of all of their responsibilities, they're required to serve as strong role models and demonstrate ethical behaviors as they interact with students, colleagues, parents and others. For this a teacher must have own professional code of ethics, which may be expressed in a set of ethical principles. These constitute a code of ”quality control ”for the profession and those who practise it, a response to the trust shown by society at large. The paper deeply explains importance of ethics, why ethics required for teaching profession? At the end it elaborate all the professional ethics must be presented in a teaching professional, which may help him to become a role model for everyone in the society.

Keywords

Teaching Professional, Ethics, Teacher, Human dignity