Teacher as Person in Society

Unit 4: Teacher as a Person in Society

• Pre-Service Teachers (PST) should demonstrate a caring attitude, respect, integrity, and dignity in teaching.
• A PST should portray situations demonstrating those qualities in teaching.

Key Entities and Principles

• Morality and the Foundational Moral Principle This is placed as a key important factor for teachers to uphold
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights All humans are guaranteed basic rights. Teachers should uphold these
• Teachers as Persons of Good Moral Character Should be a person of good moral and standing within the community
• Value Formation Teachers must help create and uphold values
• Teaching as Vocation, Mission, and Profession Teaching is more than just a job

Activities

• Brainstorm the characteristics/traits of a teacher in society along with reasons.
• Scenarios are provided and students must choose the answer.

The Quintessential Teacher

• Teachers shape individuals and society, acting as role models, moral guides, and social justice advocates.
• Teachers influence students' academic, ethical, and moral development.

Teachers and Moral Character

• Teachers should maintain integrity, honesty, and fairness in their personal/professional lives to foster community trust and serve as role models.

Teachers and Value Formation

• Teachers shape values like respect, empathy, responsibility, and discipline through lessons and interactions.
• Teachers should guide students in developing a sturdy moral and ethical code.

Teachers and Human Rights

• Teachers uphold the rights of all individuals, ensuring equal educational opportunities.
• Teachers promote justice, inclusivity, and human dignity both in and out of the classroom.

Teaching as a Calling

• Teaching requires passion, dedication, and commitment to shaping the future.
• Teachers should aim to inspire and empower students, growing professionally along the way.

Foundational Moral Principle

• Teachers guide students in ethical and moral principles to distinguish right from wrong, promoting justice, fairness, and moral responsibility.

What is Morality?

• Morality is a set of principles that guide individuals in discerning right/wrong and good/bad.

Morality in Teaching

• It's not just about following rules but upholding values for "the common good" and equity.
• Teachers influence students' character and values through actions, decisions, and words
• The Foundational Moral Principle is doing good and avoiding evil, serving as the basis for evaluating moral behavior.
• Humans can distinguish between good and evil, possessing a moral obligation to choose actions that benefit others while avoiding harm.

Foundational Moral Principle: Guidelines

• Respect for Persons: Treat others with dignity, respecting differences in beliefs, status, and background. Includes fostering inclusivity and a safe environment.
• Justice: Ensure fairness, equality, and impartiality in decisions and actions. Involves providing equitable opportunities and no discrimination based on race, gender, or socio-economic status.
• Non-Maleficence: Avoid causing physical, emotional, or psychological harm
• Teachers should ensure their methods, words, and actions do not harm students’ self-esteem or mental well-being.
• Beneficence: Promote the well-being and growth of others. This includes nurturing students’ holistic (emotional/social) development, exceeding standard academic instruction.
• Fidelity: Be truthful, loyal, and trustworthy in relationships.
• Builds trust with consistent and reliable interactions with students, colleagues, and parents.

Morality in Society

• Teachers' moral character directly influences future generations through decisions, behavior, and interactions.
• Teachers model ethical behavior and expect ethical actions from students
• Teachers demonstrate integrity by treating students equally and compassionately.
• Spaces for critical thinking and discussions are created by teachers so that student analyze complex issues and develop ethical decision-making skills.

Foundational Moral Teaching Principles

• Teachers gain trust by adhering to the principles
• Responsible citizens are nurtured by making sure students internalize moral and ethical principles.
• Classrooms should value diversity and be inclusive
• Fairness and respect must be practice for all
• Teachers need to be able to navigate challenges, such as favoritism, bullying, or cultural misunderstandings, by utilizing the foundational and ethical system.
• Students must understand it isn't just about academic achievement, it's about becoming well rounded moral students

Practical Applications

• Teachers should use fair and consistent rules to respect all students
• Punishment must not harm a student's self-esteem
• Critical discussions on real-world moral dilemmas should be encouraged and integrated into curriculum design
• When a student struggles a teacher should show patience and empathy
• Sensitive matters require confidentiality and trust
• Resolution of conflict should be impartial, with a solution that respects all parties involved

Teachers and Moral Character

• Teachers are entrusted with significantly shaping intellectual, emotional, and moral development of students, all from a good moral stand point, and acting as role models
• Honesty, integrity, compassion, fairness and responsibility are all virtues every teacher must show.
• Teachers should create safe spaces and good relationships
• Teachers must be able to navigate through conflicts and ethical dilemmas with fairness and empathy
• Students well being must be a priority
• Trust between students, parents and colleagues is the foundation of teaching according to good moral standings.

Positive Teaching

• Ethical conduct means a respectful and inclusive safe space for students
• Teachers have to manage dilemmas, address favoritism, handle discipline and approach the situations with fairness, transparency and respect

Moral compass for educators includes:

• Fair Assessments are completed respectfully
• Respectful communication and compassion
• Confidentiality is kept unless required by law

Challenges to Moral Conduct

• Personal Bias: Teachers may unintentionally allow their personal beliefs to influence decisions, so awareness and commitment to fairness is key
• The pressures from external forces may make teachers act unethical
• Ethical dilemmas: When competing values must be balanced then teachers should maintain high moral character

Significance of Good Moral Character in Society

• Teachers are the cornerstone of education and moral conduct, and should foster good development in their students
• Communities need good morals and principals,
• Strong professional standards are what help strengthen education systems

Value Formation in Instruction

• Process through which people develop beliefs and ethical and moral codes
• Helps people grow into well-rounded individuals
• Teachers should teach this for personal development and character building

Key Roles of Instructions

• Model ethical behavior
  • Practice what one preaches
• Create a value enriched atmosphere
  • By establishing a classroom culture that reflects values like fairness
• Integrate values into curriculum
  • Facilitate reflection and dialogue
  • Encourage values
  • Promote social responsibility thru community engagement

Value Formation Importance

• Supports academic learning by encouraging emotional intelligence, moral integrity interpersonal skills and helps students contribute positively to society
• Empathy respect and co-operation create great community

Practical approaches to value

• Service learning thru compassion
• Story telling thru honesty
• Simulations
• Celebrating cultural values

Balancing Value

• Students encounter conflicting views
• Students must be taught to navigate the differences constructively
• Be diverse but enforce common and universal values

Vocation of Teaching

• A deep passion for teaching
• Being dedicated to enriching minds
• Continual growth as a teacher
• Being Dedicated to service by being a great agent of change

Teaching as Mission

• Helps create an environment that shapes the future
• Helps set long term goals with focus
• Focus on the betterment of humanity

A Profession of Teaching

• Demanding great knowledge and high ethical standards
• Involves continually training on pedagogy
• Upholding commitment to your students

Teachers must balance and recognize

• Burn out or external pressures
• Promote self care while balancing workload

UDHR

• Influential document towards human rights
• Eleanor Roosevelt and other key contributors provided basic human rights to global citizens

UDHR Purposes

• To improve the global quality of human life and provide basic standards and equity to all humans
• To empower humans and give them rights
• Promote global peace and justice
• Outline social economics and cultures

Structure and Key Articles

• All humans are born with guaranteed dignity and rights
• Should be able to seek remedy against injustice
• All have freedom of religion
• People should be free to join what they wish
• These are all key to upholding the duty of being a teacher
• Must provide right to education

Importance of Society

• All have the right to contribute and operate as functional members of society with dignity

Implementations of UDHR

• Overcoming ethical, cultural and political differences
• Providing access to education equity and equality
• Helping compassion and peace

Unit 5: Teachers as Professionals

• Pre Service Teachers must be able to acknowledge and discuss what their true responsibilities include and how it is provided and protected by law

Highlights and Main Points

• Professional rights and ethics must be upheld.
• Teacher rights and privileges protect welfare.
• Professionalization of the teaching act thru key legislation. PD 1006 establishes professional certification as key RA 7836 - Regulate the supervision act to better strengthen the teaching act. This is regulated by the protection of the legislation act
• Article 23 helps to protect teachers from criminal and heinous acts, from malpractice gross negligence, the sale of fraudulent registration

RA Acts and Articles that provide teaching welfare

• RA9293- this amends to 15 qualification that help better meet standards
• Those have to have completed a 2-year education
• Certificates can and may be issued without examination
• Proper teachers must have proper working knowledge of legal standing
• Code of ethics protect teachers personal right, welfare and education - Includes being licensed - High moral standards

Public officials rules and code of conduct

• Public official must be of good standing
• Provide high standards and be efficient and be just in providing service

Magna Carta protects the school

• Declaration of policy provides for basic rights like decent wages and working conditions

School board requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent, fair standards, recruitment and no period of probation
• Must always provide consent before transfers, provide compensation for injuries
• Always provide a professional code of conduct and protection and non discrimination etc

Responsibility and Duties

• Teachers always uphold dignity
• Teachers must adhere to the policy of that school

Teacher power

• Teachers are authority figures in class, or any school situation