Title:
The ethics of teaching
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Series:
Thinking about education series
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Teachers College Press, 1998
ISBN:
9780807736661
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Summary
Summary
Expanded to include the most important ethical issues in contemporary schooling, this volume covers
-- Punishment and due process
-- Intellectual freedom
-- Equal treatment of students
-- Multiculturalism
-- Diversity (emphasizing both religious and cultural differences)
-- Democracy
-- Sexual harassment
-- Teacher burnout
-- Professional conduct
-- Parental rights, and
-- Child abuse/neglect.
Author Notes
Kenneth A. Strike, Cornell University
Jonas F. Soltis Teachers College, Columbia University
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Code of Ethics of the Education Profession | p. ix |
| Chapter 1 What This Book Is About | p. 1 |
| The Nature of Ethical Inquiry | p. 5 |
| A Case | p. 9 |
| Two Ways to Think About Ethics | p. 11 |
| Consequentialist Theories and Benefit Maximization | p. 11 |
| Nonconsequentialist Theories and Respect for Persons | p. 14 |
| Additional Cases | p. 18 |
| Chapter 2 Punishment and Due Process | p. 21 |
| A Case to Consider | p. 21 |
| Dispute | p. 23 |
| Concepts | p. 25 |
| Analysis | p. 26 |
| Reflections on Method | p. 29 |
| Additional Cases | p. 31 |
| Chapter 3 Intellectual Freedom | p. 35 |
| A Case to Consider | p. 35 |
| Dispute | p. 37 |
| Concepts | p. 38 |
| Analysis | p. 41 |
| Reflections on Method | p. 46 |
| Additional Cases | p. 47 |
| Chapter 4 Equal Treatment of Students | p. 53 |
| A Case to Consider | p. 53 |
| Dispute | p. 55 |
| Concepts | p. 56 |
| Analysis | p. 58 |
| Reflections on Method | p. 65 |
| Additional Cases | p. 66 |
| Chapter 5 Dealing with Diversity: Multiculturalism and Religion | p. 70 |
| Two Cases to Consider | p. 70 |
| Dispute | p. 74 |
| Concepts and Issues | p. 75 |
| Radical Pluralism | p. 77 |
| Other Defenses of Diversity | p. 81 |
| Pros and Cons | p. 84 |
| Persons as Citizens | p. 89 |
| An Additional Case | p. 91 |
| Chapter 6 Democracy, Professionalism, and Teaching with Integrity | p. 94 |
| A Case to Consider | p. 94 |
| Reflective Equilibrium | p. 97 |
| The Question of Sovereignity | p. 101 |
| Professionalism and Teaching with Integrity | p. 107 |
| Ethical Dialogue | p. 110 |
| Additional Cases | p. 114 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusions and Postscript | p. 119 |
| Postscript | p. 120 |
| Chapter 8 Supplemental Case Studies | p. 126 |
| Teacher Burnout | p. 130 |
| Whose Rights: Students' or Parents'? | p. 133 |
| You Get What You Pay For | p. 135 |
| Pledge of Allegiance | p. 136 |
| Teacher or Friend? | p. 138 |
| Professional Conduct: Two Cases | p. 139 |
| College or Workforce? | p. 142 |
| Values Clarification | p. 144 |
| Abuse? Neglect? Or Nothing to Worry About? | p. 147 |
| Friendly Support or Sexual Harassment? | p. 148 |
| BANG! Zero Tolerance | p. 149 |
| Annotated Bibliography | p. 151 |
