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Special Issue, 2010
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Characteristics of Being a “Good Professional”
in the Opinion of Mexican College Students
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Edna Luna Serrano
eluna@uabc.edu.mx
Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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Km. 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, 22820
Ensenada, Baja, California, México
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María del Consuelo Valle Espinosa
chelo_valle@yahoo.com.mx
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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Kilómetro 103 Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada 22800
Ensenada, Baja California, México
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Cecilia Osuna-Lever
cecyosuna@gmail.com
Dirección General de Desarrollo Académico
Universidad Xochicalco
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San Francisco 1139
Fracc. Misión, 22830
Ensenada, Baja California, México
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(Received: April 15, 2008;
accepted for publishing: April 17, 2009)
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Abstract in English, full text in Spanish
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to identify and define a hierarchical organization of the most significant traits of being a good professional derived from the opinions of students of a public university. In a descriptive study a sample of 2756 students represented six knowledge areas was successively surveyed. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were used. The contrast of the general hierarchical organization from the point of view of knowledge areas and the curricular stage confirmed that the most valued traits were responsibility, honesty and knowledge. The least important were team work and communication. Opinion coincidence was identified between knowledge area and curricular stage opinions regarding the most and least important traits. No differences were found between freshmen and senior college students’ preferences. The results seem to favor an explicit incorporation of professional value formation in students.
Key words: Professional ethics, professional values, higher education, student attitudes.
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