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Show 45 Although the above criteria occupations which there may be may be that of a some the criteria. of the criteria than others. profession generally considered are fessions which do not meet all probably generally agreed upon, are are more At the same time, vital it to the constitution the first Certainly to be pro- one--knowledge based upon scientific theory--can be assumed necessary. Some IIprofessionsll given other are by sociologists. names Amatai Etz;oni labels nursing, teaching, and social work semi professions.5 He claims that since teachers do not control profession they the goals ment as attempt in cannot in education to how the mastery of that ambiguous and that there is little goals.6 be met or He states: a who can IIThere teach whom in are settled are Etzioni (and probably right to profession prescribe for subor must offer some kind of Generally, by tradition, value judgments, and science. most everyone IIteaching professionll possesses such questionable that To else) professionalism definitely requires expertise and scientific knowledge. extent since it is an few settled matters expert knowledge to help settle things. matters agree prevailed, superiors could, through concensus, assert the Etzioni agrees that or He also claims that professionals. If greater agreement pedagogy. scientific are as goals should to reach the dinates.,J qualify their knowledge any such He doubts that the to any significant knowledge even exists. 5See preface of Amatai Etzioni, The Semi-Professions and Their Organization (New York: Free Press, 1969). 6Ibid., pp. 7Ibid., p. 5-6. 9. |
