List, in your own words, at least three characteristics that distinguish a profession from other occupations.
What will be an ideal response?
Any three of the following: • A professional renders a unique and important service to society.• A professional possesses mastery of a complex body of knowledge and specialized skills, gained through formal education and practical experience.• The period of education and training required to become a professional is generally long.• A professional relies on intellectual rather than physical skills to carry out services.• Members of a profession enjoy a degree of autonomy and decision-making authority.• Professionals are self-regulating.• Professionals follow a code of ethics established by the members of the profession.• Professionals accept personal responsibility for their behaviors and actions.• Professionals usually work without supervision.• Professionals are more concerned with the services they render than the remuneration they receive.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If students are to reach high levels of achievement and understanding, both in terms of literacy and content knowledge, what must they daily in addition to reading and writing?
A. speak and listen B. listen and view C. speak and view D. speak, listen and view
Describe the nature of large- and small-muscle control in the preschool child
What will be an ideal response?
The autocratic teacher needs to
5. a. needs to control. b. needs to direct. c. is preoccupied with other issues that he or she believes are more important.d. both a and b.