Strike And Solittis Case Study

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1. What main ideas do the authors present? (Editor- Brittany Reed)
The authors of The Ethics of Teaching, Kenneth A. Strike and Jonas F. Soltis, present ideas about equal opportunity and the democratic community. Kenneth Strike and Jonas Soltis mention what the NEA Code states about discrimination. The NEA states the educator cannot “exclude any student from participating in any program”. (Strike; Soltis, pg. 55). An educator also cannot exclude any student from receiving benefits. Chapter 4 mentions providing equal educational opportunities for every student. Strike and Soltis provide the Brown v. Board of Education as an example of giving equal opportunity to everyone. According to Strike and Soltis, “…segregation is illegal because it does …show more content…

According to Strike and Soltis, “As teachers or future teachers, it is important that you notice that your time and your instructional style are also scarce resources that can be distributed fairly or unfairly”( Strike; Soltis, pg. 62). I never really thought about how time management and an educator’s instructional style could be considered a scarce resource that could be distributed fairly or unfairly. In Chapter 4, Strike and Soltis used the case study called Susan’s Third Grade as an example of a scarce resource that is distributed unfairly. In the case study, a student named Susan is blind and the teacher dedicates more of her time helping Susan. Since the teacher helps Susan more in the class, the other students in the class receive less time with the …show more content…

The first is, should you make exceptions to rules such as allowing someone into a course they have not met a prerequisite for if you believe they did not receive the best opportunity to meet said prerequisite. This may relate directly to me when teaching, if I am in a position to make this decision I will choose the option of benefit maximization; whichever option does the least harm. I was also made to consider through this chapter how to teach the disabled, from reading this chapter I think it is ideal to make the class as a whole succeed and more importantly grow. I will not limit opportunities for students if another disabled classmate cannot participate, especially if it is aiding in the students

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