Introduction
Educators and policy makers, most often teachers, confront challenging questions of ethics, justice and equity on a regular basis. There are however, opportunities and resources to help them think through the ethical issues that are at stake and need to be solved. The book Dilemmas of Educational Ethics by Meira Levinson and Jacob Fay introduces a new approach for teachers to use to attempt to achieve practical wisdom in their educational workplaces, one that honours the complexities inherent in educational decision making. It also encourages teachers to discuss their values and principles in an open environment.
Summary of the dilemma
The dilemma I have chosen focuses on a young girl named Kate who suffered from behavioural
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Kate couldn’t handle the conflict. It caused her too much stress. She did not want to put her own opinion forward because she was afraid of being put on the spot, but she did not want to change groups either, because then she would have to start all over again, after she had worked so hard to get to the class in the first place. At this point, Kate was close to having a meltdown and her teacher Ms Brown was presented with an ethical dilemma, that she only had a short time to get herself out of. What should she do, when whatever she chooses could have serious consequences? Should Ms Brown send Kate to the Think Room? Should she scrap her lesson plan altogether and come up with something different? Should she get the boys to present the reasons for their arguments to Kate, and have her make the final judgement to end the debate? Or should she move one of the boys to another group, to reduce the risk of more conflict? (Livinson & Faye, 2016)
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It is important to begin a study of resource management and allocation with a discussion of ethics because work ethics guides the school leaders with the help of moral compass how to utilize the public resources and taxpayers’ money. In order to execute the school budget efficiently and avoid conflict of interest, school leaders must know how to develop the code of ethics regarding resource management and
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The National Education Association Code of Ethics (1975) begins with a preamble that defines not only what constitutes an educator, but also to what the educator should aspire. The code itself is built
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Everyone was taught the difference between right and wrong at some point in their life, however, reinforcing such behavior is essential to ensure that people don’t lose touch as to how to make ethical decisions that may directly affect them in the future. After reviewing the TEA Code of Ethics, I believe the document reinforces ethical behavior that an educator should adhere to in a school environment. Additionally, the Code of Ethics is a set of standards that are used to judge ethical conduct. Therefore, the educator has to have a strong commitment to the students they serve as well as a strong commitment to their profession. By having a strong commitment to the students, the educator is ensuring that all students have an opportunity
Shall comply with written local school rules and appropriate laws and guidelines that are not in conflict with their code of ethics.
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. I was on my way to a 10:30 class on route 29 in Gainesville, heading towards route 66 when I looked over I noticed a car was flipped over on its side, and there was not a cop in site. The first thing that came to my mind was to stop, but there were multiple people helping. However, I knew how traffic was going to be on 66 to get to Mason on time. I had to juggle the choices of stopping, be late to class or keep driving and arrive to class on time. If I missed the class I would miss out on important information needed to pass the class to complete my degree. If I did not have a class that day I would have stopped because I care about people’s well-being. The consequence approach to this decision is deciding to keep driving because it is my
In the book "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson, tow adults are Mr. Neck and Mr. Freeman. Mr. Neck is know to not like Melinda and believes she is nothing but trouble, however Mr. Freeman one the other hand is a very positive teacher that doesn't hate his students. Mr. Freeman is the art teacher that tries to teach life lessons through art to help interest the students in what there drawing, he has helped Melinda by helping her express her feelings she is going through. On the other had Mr. Neck is a history teacher that only cares about the teaching subject at hand and not how it can relate to the students he is teaching, the first sighs of Mr. Neck being out to get Melinda is because all she has done is walk into the classroom and he already
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