The Degree of Practice of Vocational Education Teachers in The Southern Governorates of Palestine for Professional Ethics Contained in The Charter of Ethics for The Teaching Profession and The Code of Conduct from Their Point of View

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the degree of the vocational teachers' estimate in the Palestinian southern governorates of their practices of the profession ethics stipulated in the Ethics Code and in the education Profession and the Conduct Code from their point of view, and to find out whether there are statistically significant differences between the average estimates of the sampling attributed to the variable of gender, qualification and years of service. The study used the descriptive approach. The sampling consisted of (69) male and female teachers. They were asked to fill in a questionnaire consisting of (33) items distributed to (6) domains. The study found out that the estimate degree of vocational teachers in the southern Palestinian governorates for practicing the profession ethics stipulated in the Ethics Code of the Education Profession and the Conduct Code from their point of view was high, (83.3%). The study showed no statistically significant differences between the average estimates of the sampling attributed to the variable of gender, qualification, and years of service.The study recommended that a manual/guide or explanatory list should be issued to clarify the articles of the Ethics Code of the Education Profession and the Conduct Code, which will provide incentives for teachers keeping to the Code, and to include the ethics of the teaching profession as a basic course within the Faculties of Education in the Palestinian universities.