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Title : CHAPTER IV - Professional Qualities (Competence, Trustworthiness, Honesty and Truthfulness) Subject : Soc Philo I – Philosophy of Man Professor : Carlos Alfonso C. Salvador Reporter : Joy N. Dacuan

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Professional Qualities: 1) Competence 2) Trustworthiness 3) Honesty and truthfulness 4) Professional commitment 5) Confidentiality and discreetness 6) Professional Development and Growth 7) Loyalty to the profession These Professional Qualities: a) Qualify Professionals to be professionals b) Inherent ideals and attitudes of the professionals c) Forms part of the professionals’ personality

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C O M P E T E N C E (kakayahan) - The state or quality of being adequate or well qualified; - Not acquired easily and shortly; - Special gift for professionals; - Is something any average person can gain through personal effort. - Synonymous to: ability, ableness, capability, competency, proficiency, skill, expertness, mastery, and expertise. T R U S T W O R T H I N E S S (mapagkakatiwalaan) - The trait of deserving trust and confidence; - Is an important element of attraction for professionals; - Synonymous to: authentic, liable, trusted, creditworthy, responsible, dependable, honest, reliable, true, fiducially, sure. H O N E S T Y A N D T R U T H F U L N E S S (matapat) - The quality or condition of being honest and true. - Increases the trust of the client - Synonymous to: uprightness, morality, trustworthiness, goodness, scrupulousness, decency, rectitude, righteousness, fairness, reliability, honour.

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TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS (Simple guide for Future teachers) A competent teacher has: 1) The ability to teach 2) Good classroom management skills 3) Strong administrative skills 4) A commitment to professional development 5) Investing in extra-curricular involvement A trustworthy teacher is: 1) Consistent 2) Honest 3) Respectful 4) Show acts of real unselfishness 5) A good Listener 6) Trust others 7) Patient A honest teacher is someone who: 1) Owns up all the time 2) Practice fairness 3) Keeps promises 4) Say what they mean 5) Makes no excuses

============================================================== Reference Books: Professional Ethics with Introductory General Ethics by Rosendo S. Gualdo, p. 127-128 Reference Websites: http://www.casey-allen.net/acrobat/competentteacher.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthiness http://www.quotegarden.com/honesty.html Read more of this report at: http://www.scribd.com/joydacuan

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