PROFESSION AND CRAFT 3
Running head: PROFESSION AND CRAFT 1
Profession and Craft
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Profession and Craft
A profession is a career pursued by someone who is competent in their areas of interest and has undergone training to maintain their expertise. A professional is always ethically committed to protecting public interested. The necessary features of a profession are; training extensively, an intellectual component that can be measured, and service provision to the society. On the other hand, a craft is a pastime that needs specific knowledge or skill to work (Spillman, 2018). For example, people with a certain knowledge of producing goods can employ their craft to produce unique goods.
The main difference between craft and profession is that craft is associated with strength, might or power, while profession is a vow or promise made by individuals in their line of duty. Craft is a skill that majorly focuses on creating something such that if nothing is created by the endeavor, it turns to become a professional skill. I shared my profession in high school as a trained teacher. Also, I used my teaching skills during learning sessions.
According to the definitions above, education is a profession because it obeys all levels of formal instruction. The instructions are aimed at fulfilling the criteria of academic; certification, training, and preparation. Education professionals identify themselves with the assumption of the responsibility of their association. As argued by Broudy, when agreement lacks in professional ethics, general features that are necessary for an occupation, are observed (Broudy, 2017). The features include intellectual preparation and training. The belief was supported during recruiting higher education expert with specialized skills was conducted. It proved that education is indeed a profession that needs personnel expert with specialized skills. It also calls for the welfare of the student and the community.
References
Broudy, H. S. (2017, January). Teaching—Craft or profession? The Educational Forum (Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 175-184). Taylor & Francis Group.
Spillman, L., & Brophy, S. A. (2018). Professionalism as a cultural form: Knowledge, craft, and moral agency. Journal of Professions and Organization, 5(2), 155-166.