The Ethical Obligations For Teachers Within Education

Education at its best is a process of teaching people to explore ideas about themselves and the world in which they live, to ask questions about the experience called “living” and to embrace ambiguity, to notice the unusual without fear and to look upon the ordinary with new eyes.

Various philosophies play a role in the education system today. A combination of many philosophies has helped to strengthen educational practices. Society, teachers, students, and families all play an important part in the overall academic growth and social achievements. Schools have a responsibility for educating and preparing students for their future. The success of schools affects society by either producing productive citizens for the community or by contributing to social problems by students not reaching full potential. I believe that the role that schools play in society makes a lasting impression on both the current state of education along with future success in the community. It is also apparent that society can affect schools by imposing beliefs or values. It is in the best interest of both the school and society if they can work as one to build a strong community for learners to grow, develop, and achieve success. The amount of future success in a society is often determined by educational opportunities and achievements. If as a society, education is highly regarded, then it will be a strong motivating factor for achievement and will affect the community as a whole in the end.

Malcolm X once said “education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”. From adolescence to adulthood almost every person is put through schooling. As one gets older in age, the education they obtain becomes more rigorous in order to stretch their minds far beyond two plus two or what color the sky is. The strategies of critically thinking and being able to analyze/decipher information in front is them is reinforced routinely in the educational system. With this being said, the purpose of education is to aid in enhancing one’s qualification, socialisation, and subjectification skills within the society regardless of how or where one’s education was obtained.

Education is a process where one learns and apply the same learned information to a practical situation. Isaac Newton, a physicist and a mathematician, managed to discover the indescribable universe we now know, because of what we call liberal education. He did not study physics only but he learned other subjects including mathematics. He understood the basis needed to discover now called the imaginary world, universe. Moreover, author Sanford J. Ungar also portrayed the same idea about the importance of liberal education. He pointed it as a way to create capable and cultivated human beings. Liberal arts broaden the way humans think, such that we not only focus on one skill to tackle a problem but to look at range of skills. Additionally, the author also answered the wired misconceptions that are already in peoples’ minds by proving them wrong.

The article “The Poet of Our Dreams: The Real Meaning of Education,” written by David James, discusses the topic of attempting to define an educated person. Everyone has their own idea on what is meant by being educated, whether the term is connected to academics only or to everyday life skills. Despite everyone’s different opinions, the article states that a general agreement can be made on the importance of communication, problem-solving skills, the ability to learn, and the understanding of the society and culture in which one lives. Although the commonly surfacing argument in today’s school is what to teach and what not teach, as humans, each individual is given the right to define their own life. By each individual doing this, everyone

I studied ethics and the pursuit of happiness in my philosophy class. At the end of the year, I was left with one last question. What is the purpose of education? I answered, “to bring someone from state of imperfection to perfection.” I continued to prove that it is best to learn for the sake of learning. I further concluded that the best education is a study in the liberal arts. This education

According to Association of American Educators (1994-2015), “The professional educator maintains sound mental health, physical stamina, and social prudence necessary to perform the duties of any professional assignment.”

The majority of the world’s population has the ability to attend school and receive an education. The educational system is currently designed to give students the best education possible while being enforced by well-educated teachers. As education progresses, it is important to look back and reflect on the how education is presented and how curriculums are taught through social, professional and political standpoints. There have been many educational philosophers and theorist throughout history and each have left their mark. However, there is one that stands out from the rest and he is John Amos Comenius.

Technically education consists of well-defined segments preliminary starting from formal/ professional education and in an ideal world it never ends. As Sydney J. Harris American journalist Quotes “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”. Education brings about the change in physical, mental and social development of an individual develops insight and beliefs about the purpose of education, conveys strength to one's sentiments, and widens the perceptions and leading to a healthier attitude of viewing at realism. In the words of Bill Beattie, one of the famous authors and writers “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” Education is answerable for the enhancement of a cultured civilization and makes individuals of society self-sufficient. One of the views about education is that education supports at creating good teachers. Today is the world where we are passing through a great changeover. The old ways of teaching learning process is found to be obsolete. A superior prospect of psychological belief is being truly required. In the above statement prospective it is important to have ethical standards setup for education in order to channelize the best possible knowledge to the students,

Education can be defined as a learning process in which a student and a teacher are involved. The work of the teacher is to pass on the message to the student while the student understands and applies what has been taught. It is also considered as a process of developing skills, knowledge and character of an individual. Education, whether formal or informal, has a function both to the individual and the society, these functions are either manifest or latent. There is a distinction between the manifest and latent functions in that the manifest functions are those that are intended whereas the latter are the unintended functions (Douglas, 2003).

As Pre–service teachers, we agreed that our inquiry should emphasise both formal and informal learning, and how academic pressures can be detrimental for socioemotional wellbeing. Our current philosophical question was not our original question (APPENDIX A), as we realised that our original question was excessively complex and broad. By utilising and reworking various elements of our original question, we formed our current philosophical question: Does our current educational system value academic skills and dispositions at the expense of socioemotional wellbeing? We discussed what we as individuals believe the Purpose of Education encompasses. There was a general consensus that education needs to include elements of academia, however, some members saw the value of an informal education with a basis of social interaction. In-depth dialogue and Socratic questioning, lead us to the notions of informal and formal education, where everyone drew upon their prior experiences. Later, we built upon our understanding, concluding that an efficacious education needs to be both formally and informally situated. We decided to focus on the Humanist and Constructivist Theorists: Confucius, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Henry Giroux and Maria Montessori (Lewis, 2012). Our question is philosophical, because it can be supported by empirical evidence, it is broad, it is subject to differing opinions, and it promotes Socratic questioning and further discussion. This philosophical question is

Education is a vital system in most societies, and is compulsory for all children up to the age of 16 in Britain. There are many different ideas as to why education is so important and the functions it fulfills within society, some more positive than others. Although some people say that education is only intended to teach the individual enough knowledge to pass exams and start a career, most sociologists believe it has functions which go beyond this surface view and in some way affect or serve society as a whole as well as the individual. An ideology is false view of society which

In the words of Cornel Pewewardy, educators are responsible for maintaining the ethics of teaching and for helping to eliminate racism in all aspects of school life. (Pewewardy, 2001)

Education has been defined as “the social institute responsible for the systematic transmission of knowledge, skills and cultural values within a formal organised structure” (Kendall 2010: 462).The role of education in society has been available in the works of great philosophers and thinkers such as Plato, Socrates, Aristotle and Bernstein (Chandrass and Sharma 2004).

Education’s main goal is to establish a “civilised, moral and contented society which is at ease with itself” (Hayes, 2008). This interpretation of education is one which I have seen gather meaning throughout my placement, if posed with the question ‘what is the aim of education?’ prior to my placement my response would have been a generic and standard answer referring to the possibilities of getting a job in the future and to meet government and societies standards. But my time on placement has allowed me to reflect upon and respond to the excellent teaching I have witnessed which has had a focus on meeting standards but there is an edge to the style of teaching, characterising how the teacher cares for every single child as an individual and wishes to see them grow and develop as individuals. This article of work has been broken down into four main sections; these sections are the main entries from my reflective diary which in my opinion are the most significant experiences from my time. The first section is focused primarily on how the teachers rapport which is built through her affection and care to her class which consequently inspires the class to work and behave for her and how this affects the behaviour management strategies used in the classroom, secondly I will look at the differentiation between pupils in the classroom, the role of the teaching assistant in the classroom and finally the use of questioning in the classroom.