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Notes The professional norms are specific but has wide field to develop. Every professional group has
own code of conduct, roles and responsibilities. Therefore job=analysis will be a guide line for
developing a professional norms or values.
32.4.3 Types of Professional Norms
General professional norms are of two types:
1. Informal or practical norms or Qualitative norms.
2. Theoretical or written Norms or Quantitative ethics.
Some details of these norms have been given in the following paras:
(1) Informal or Practical Norms or Traditional Norms: Usually professional norms are informal
or practical. Every profession requires performing specific activities. There is normal level.
Everyone has to follow and work accordingly. The responsibilities are assigned to accomplish in
the profession. These norms are mainly qualitative.
(2) Theoretical oro Written Norms: Before entering into a profession has to take oath in written
form and agreement of terms condenses also written form have be submitted to employer or the
council. Under the written statement rules and regulations are gives to be obeyed in the profession.
A teacher has to follow these rules, regulations, terms and conditions. It is quantitative norms.
32.4.4 Factors affecting Profession Norms

The following factors influence the professional norms.
1. Job security of the workers in a profession affects the working efficiently adversity.
2. Payment of full pay scale
3. Working hours in a profession and handwork
4. Over control on the workers of a profession
5. Lack of provision for annual increment and provided funds.
6. Authoritarian climate of school organization.
The above factors affect adversity in professional growth and efficiency.
32.4.5 Advantages of Professional Norms or Values
A professional institute requires the norms of organizing the programems. The norms have the
following advantages.
1. The professional norms provide the basis for developing professional ethics.
2. The professional norms provide the background and foundation of professional ethics.
3. The quality of education can maintained with the help of professional norms.
4. The performance assessment can be made meaningful by using professional norms.
5. It is group concept, therefore it develops the feeling of cooperation among teachers.
6. The supervision and principal can make use of professional norms in teacher-performance
assessment.
7. It helps in developing professional culture, by following professional norms.
8. The professional ethics can be followed with the help of norms.
9. The professional norms make teacher behaviour an ideal.
10. The quality of teacher can be improved by observing professional norms and developing
norms.

Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False':
(i) The norms refer to an average performance of an individual.
(ii) Every professional group has own code of conduct.

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