Standards and the Development of Professions: Implications for Educational Evaluation.

Autor/in	Adams, David W.
Titel	Standards and the Development of Professions: Implications for Educational Evaluation.
Quelle	(1980), (23 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Evaluation; Evaluators; Professional Education; Professional Occupations; Professional Services; Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evaluierung; Berufsausbildung; Berufsklassifikation; Berufsbegleitender Dienst; Standard
Abstract	Basic ways in which standards are generated and/or applied in developing professions are identified. Analysis of six sociologically defined characteristics of professions yields six generalized roles standards play in the establishment, development and maintenance of occupations as professions. The six central characteristics are: (1) definite, essential social service; (2) special, elaborate conceptual base; (3) extended special training; (4) autonomy and personal responsibility in practice; (5) dedication to clients over personal gain; and (6) identity, protection, and enforcement through a specialized organization. In turn, standards operate in legitimating the social value of occupations; establishing the credibility and authority of conceptual bases of practice; determining the adequacy of training programs and the qualifications of trainees; defining the boundaries of expert authority and professional responsibility; defining the conditions of faithful service to clients; and defining common values which underlie organizational identity, protection, and enforcement. These generalized roles are applied to practices in educational evaluation to raise fundamental questions about the possibility and desirability of professionalizing educational evaluation. (Author/GK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC