Susan Chapter 1: Ethical Teaching in Education PDF

CHAPTER 1 Susan's chapter 1: The ethical teaching mind—philosophical and pedagogical perspectives.  Inspirational reflections  What does the word ethics mean to you?  Is there a difference between ethics and professional ethics? Definition:  Ethics: the discipline dealing with what is good an...

CHAPTER 1 Susan's chapter 1: The ethical teaching mind—philosophical and pedagogical perspectives.  Inspirational reflections  What does the word ethics mean to you?  Is there a difference between ethics and professional ethics? Definition:  Ethics: the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation  Professional ethics: the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group in a certain profession.  Codes of ethics are rules or principles that guide groups, professions and organizations that abide by a set of agreed-upon standards.  According to the National Education Association (NEA), an ethical educator is guided by two main principles: a commitment to the student and a commitment to the profession. The commitment to the student means that an educator shall not: 1. Restrain a student from the pursuit of knowledge 2. Deny a point of view http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGt-PYMLdFA 3. Suppress or distort subject matter 4. Expose a student to harmful conditions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBSjf2nfIQ 5. Allow factors such as race or religion to get in the way of student learning 6. Engage in professional relationships with students for personal gain The commitment to the profession means that an educator shall not: 1. Make false statements or misrepresent professional qualifications 2. Assist entry to the profession of a person known to be unqualified or make false statement about that person 3. Assist a non-educator in the practice of teaching 4. Make false statement or disparage (mock) a colleague 5. Accept gifts that might impair or influence professional decisions or actions The commitment to student  An educator shall not: 1- Restrain a student from the pursuit of knowledge Teacher must allow students the independence to learn and investigate on their own. Teachers responsibility also ensure that students gain the knowledge and skills they require to become effective learners and critical thinkers. An educator shall not: 2. Deny a point of view Students should be exposed to differing views as often as possible. This allows the student to explore options and expand ideas. Teachers are trying to turn out critical thinkers not parakeets. In order to do this students must be allowed access to varying points of view and must be encouraged to challenge them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGt-PYMLdFA An educator shall not: 3- Suppress or distort subject matter Educator must not deliberately withhold knowledge from the student. An educator who distorts knowledge because of his/her personal beliefs or bias is guilty of this. Teacher must remember that to indoctrinate students but to teach them to learn. An educator shall not: 4- Expose a student to harmful conditions Children cannot learn in a disruptive classroom. Children are not safe in a school infested with drugs and violence. We must never turn a blind eye, for the sake of convenience, to problems that endanger learning or our children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfBSjf2nfIQ An educator shall not: 5- Allow factors such as race or religion to get in the way of student learning Discrimination can take the form of exclusion, denial of benefits, or granting of benefits. Any of these actions based on anything other than merit or need could be construed as discrimination. An educator shall not: 6- Use professional relationships with students for private advantage Private advantage includes personal, monetary, or business advantage. As professionals must remember that teachers are here to teach children, not to take advantage of them. The commitment to the profession  The commitment to the profession An educator shall not: 1. Make false statements or misrepresent professional qualifications Educators always holding themselves to the highest professional standard. To do this honesty and integrity must be paramount.  The commitment to the profession An educator shall not: 2. Assist entry to the profession of a person known to be unqualified or make false statement about that person Assisting unqualified persons entry into the profession is helping to degrade the profession and quite possibly putting children at risk. This is a tenet which should be taking very seriously. 'What if Finland's Great Teachers Taught in Your Schools?' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERvh0hZ6uP8  The commitment to the profession An educator shall not: 3. Assist a non-educator in the practice of teaching Consider the consequence of allowing an untrained educator to teach children. You are robbing the children of their education and possibly putting them at risk.  The commitment to the profession An educator shall not: 4. Make false statement or disparage (mock) a colleague If we are professionals we must act like professionals. There is no room in the profession for denigrating ones peers. This harms the profession by degrading team work and morale, two components absolutely essential to the education mission.  The commitment to the profession An educator shall not: 5. Accept gifts that might impair or influence professional decisions or actions Some teachers have stated that it seems to be a competition to see who can give the best gift to the teacher for their child. I would suggest that inappropriately priced gifts should be returned. Remember as professional we must guard against even the appearance of influence. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has" Margaret Mead