Abstract

IZARRA-VIELMA, Douglas A.. Professor’s responsibility: Between the functionary being and the ethic practice of the profession. Educación [online]. 2019, vol.43, n.1, pp.183-196. ISSN 2215-2644.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/revedu.v43i1.29064.

The teaching profession is presented as a complex space subjected to multiple demands by society, a situation that affects the performance of the professors in the exercise of their labor. This research paper is developed with the aim of defining, from the teacher’s way of thinking, which is the responsibility that they must assume. This investigation is part of a wider work that pretends to analyze the integration of the ethical behavior in the identity of the professional teacher. It is a descriptive work, the questionnaire was applied as an instrument (Hirsch, 2005), this questionnaire included the question: From your point of view, which are the main features of a responsible teacher. To analyze the answers given by 88 teachers (postgraduate students from three universities in Venezuela) the content analysis was used as a technique, from which it was obtained as a result that there is a dual vision in relation to the teaching responsibility; first, associated with the condition of an official who fulfills a schedule and carries out the tasks entrusted to him; second, the responsibility that is assumed from an ethical perspective in which ideas of autonomy and respect prevail overall. From this comes the necessity to implement teacher professional development programs and the search for exercise conditions that respect and promote the autonomy of the teaching staff as a way to seek welfare in their daily work and at the same time ensure the quality of the work performed.

Keywords : Responsibility; Professor; Teaching; Ethics; Professional ethics.

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