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Professional Qualities

This document discusses the professional qualities of competence, trustworthiness, and honesty. It defines each quality and provides synonyms. Competence refers to adequate qualifications and skills gained through effort. Trustworthiness means deserving trust and being dependable. Honesty involves being truthful, upright, and fair. The document then gives examples of these qualities in teachers, describing how competent teachers have teaching abilities and classroom management skills, while trustworthy teachers are consistent, honest, and respectful. Honest teachers own up to mistakes, are fair, and keep their promises.

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Professional Qualities

This document discusses the professional qualities of competence, trustworthiness, and honesty. It defines each quality and provides synonyms. Competence refers to adequate qualifications and skills gained through effort. Trustworthiness means deserving trust and being dependable. Honesty involves being truthful, upright, and fair. The document then gives examples of these qualities in teachers, describing how competent teachers have teaching abilities and classroom management skills, while trustworthy teachers are consistent, honest, and respectful. Honest teachers own up to mistakes, are fair, and keep their promises.

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HOLY TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

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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COMPETENCE
(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.

TRUSTWORTHINESS
(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.

HONESTY AND T RUTHFULNESS


(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

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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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