Review Assignment
Ethical Conflicts in Teaching by Gunnel Colnerud
This article discusses the ethical conflicts that teachers might face. The research was conducted by asking teachers in the Swedish compulsory schools to give in reports on any ethical conflicts they have been through regarding their students or colleagues. These reports were then organized and categorized, enabling them derive helpful information that can be useful to teachers.
One of main ethical teaching conflicts mentioned by the teachers is ‘protecting the students against harm’; this ethical conflict can influence the teacher’s decisions in telling the truth or confronting a situation if a student isn’t performing well or is having trouble at home. Also respecting
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This is more of a moral conflict as students with learning difficulties suffer when taking the standardized tests even if they put a lot of effort into it. Also ‘protecting pupils and the social norm of loyalty to colleagues’, this dilemma occurs when the teachers don’t know if they should confront a colleague for mistreating a pupil or ignore what’s happening as it’s easier and won’t cause any problems. Another conflict is when teachers are criticized if they’re too committed and like to plan activities and trips for students. Some teachers become less willing to do such things as it will lead to criticism from their colleagues.
‘Respect for autonomy’ and ‘fairness’ towards students are other ethical conflicts faced. Respect for autonomy looks at the students’ rights in making decisions regarding themselves such as what they prefer eating or whether they want to participate in class or not. Some teachers are forced to break their own ethical codes to follow the schools rules and norms. Fairness is regarding how teachers divide their time and help the students, whether equally between all or mainly on the ones that need it the
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When it comes to giving a low grade, even though it may not measure each student fairly, altering grades also isn’t fair to the other hard working students. As for getting them in trouble, parents may reprimand their children but it will also make them work harder. As for the personal aspect such as worrying if a student is being harmed at home, it is the teacher’s job to know what’s happening and ask if the student is alright. Some may say that questioning the parents about it is what is right and some may say respecting their privacy is right. It all depends on the severity of the situation. The appropriate ethical thing to do would be to talk to the parents or inform the principle since ignoring such things may lead to more harm in the
Groves, S. L., & Groves, D. L. (1981). Professional Discretion and Personal Liability of Teachers in Relation to Grades and Records. Education, 101(4), 335-340.
... middle of paper ... ... The Code of Ethics exists “as a reminder to the educator that there are obligations and expectations associated with the profession” (4). There will be many times in ones educational career when they will have different viewpoints or want to break some of these obligations, its important to think about whom one talks to, who is watching, and what the consequences are.
Kozier and Erb's (2015) refer to veracity as telling the truth. Sometimes the nurse is left in a dilemma whether to tell the patient the truth. The nurse is left with the question whether, to tell the truth which may cause anxiety or a lie that is likely to relieve anxiety and fear? In reality lying to the sick persons would rarely justify. It is important that the nurse to weigh any benefit derived from telling lies to the patient versus the loss of trust the patient can have the nurse and the anxiety caused by not knowing the truth
This semester in Education 101 I have learned a lot about different issues that occur in school settings. All of the issues are important but some are majorly more important than others. One is standardized testing which I can say is unfair testing because everyone learns in a different way and comprehend things differently this test caters to one style of learning. Bullying is another issue that is hard to address and hard to maintain but is very serious and takes place every day. Lack of family involvement is the one thing that matters the most because if a parent shows no interest in their children’s education the child will show no interest either. The controversial issue that occurs in school settings that I consider important are standardized testing, bullying, and lack of family involvement.
Discuss NAEYC and FEOD Code of Ethics. What is the importance of these two codes and what are the implications for you as an educator?
Parents and advocates of education can all agree that they want their students to be in the best hands possible in regards to education. They want the best teachers, staffs, and schools to ensure their student’s success. By looking at the score results from standardized testing, teachers can evaluate effectively they are doing their job. On the other side, a proponent for eliminating standardized testing would argue that not all students care passionately about their education and will likely not perform to expectations on the test. However, receiving the numerical data back, teachers can construe the student’s performances and eliminate the outliers of the negligent kids. Teachers can then look at the individual scores and assign those outliers to get the help they need in school. This helps every student getting an equal chance at education. Overall, taking a practice standardized test can let a teacher look at individual questions and scores and interpret what they need to spend more time on teaching. A school also can reap the benefits from standard testing to ensure they are providing the best possible education they can. The school can look at the average scores from a group and hold the teacher accountable for the student’s results on the test. The school can then determine the best course of action to pursuit regarding the teacher’s career at the school. By offering teachers and schools the opportunity to grow and prosper, standardized testing is a benefit for the entire education
Within the Code of Ethics and Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, I have been able to find several prevalent moral issues to discuss. Of these, I found the following five selections to be the most important issues to be discu...
This essay will provide a theoretical understanding of the four ethical frameworks: Consequentialism, Non- Consequentialism, Virtue Ethics and Care Ethics. When applied to a situation these frameworks help teachers to resolve and justify their decision making. The objective is to apply the four frameworks to the scenario Helping Molly, to establish the most ethical course of action. Finally, a recommended course of action will be justification. The overarching ethical issue present within the Helping Molly scenario is the community sponsorship and the alignment with school beliefs and initiatives.
The topic of this paper focuses on the battles school counselors face as the law and ethical standards collide. School counselors face a number of legal and ethical issues and recognizing a clear decision isn’t always easy. School counselors have to work with a large number of students, parents, and administrators while conforming to ethical codes, state laws, and school board guidelines. This topic is of great relevance to me as I will be going into the school counseling profession. It is also a meaningful topic to me because life-changing decisions are made every day in reference to legal and ethical issues. Researching this topic has shed some light on the difficulty for school counselors to fulfill both legal and ethical requirements. The main reason for this is that laws and ethical codes may sometimes provide differing and contradictory messages regarding the same subject. This can lead to legal ramifications, even while following ethical norms as we will look at in the example case of Woodlock v. Orange Ulster B.O.C.E.S. (2006/2008).
Many ethical dilemmas are philosophical in nature, an ethical issue can be described as a problem with no clear resolution. In order to solve the issue or dilemma a consensus between the parties involved must be reached. There are several reasons to come to an agreement over an ethical dilemma, it is the basis for all aspects of personal and professional dealings. Each one of us is part of a civilized society and as such it is our responsibility to be rational, honest and loyal in our dealings with others. (Alakavuklar, 2012) states that individuals make decisions for different situations in business life involving various ethical dilemmas. Each time either consciously or unconsciously individuals may follow some ethical approaches
In Module 1, Kindred Todd faced quite a few ethical dilemmas that included her values and technical ineptness. The first predicament was tested her personal morals and ethics. According to, Cumming and Worley, OD practitioners are dealing more and more with value conflicts with powerful outside groups (Cummings & Worley, 2008). Kindred was immediately faced with the issue of knowing what was ethically correct but being told the unethical approach was the best in order to benefit the client and her job security. Although compromising is one of the many skills of organization developers there are still morals that should be followed on each assignment. Kindred, know that deceiving the clients was unethical, took the first step to working on behalf of the client and immediately involved her superior, Larry, to resolve a potential conflict In the project. While her actions went in vain when she told her boss to remove her from the project and provide the client with a more qualified resource, Kindred did what she thought to be the best approach.
Teachers have moral obligations to self, to faculty, to parents and to students and not living up to this obligation creates challenges and is morally wrong. I will investigate two theories under what, if any, circumstances would it be acceptable for a teacher not to report cheating through analyzing two points of view. The first from Kant’s deontological ethics perspective and then from a virtue ethics
In this assignment we will be identifying an ethical dilemma an individual has experienced. We will begin with a short introduction of what an ethical dilemma is, moving on to providing brief details of the dilemma an individual has experienced. We will then go on to selecting one ethical theory, to show how it can help an individual understand and deal with the situation when placed within, followed by a conclusion.
Guiding life in the right path and to embellish behaviour with good qualities developing a sense of pride about our rich heritage and ancient wisdom by showing them how these principles and truths are in perfect accord with modern science. Providing students with a foundation for ethical reasoning that includes the core values of integrity objectivity and independence providing guidance to the students concerning the ethical rules and regularities of the society and Professional accounting. Enabling them to understand the national goals of socialism, secularism, social justice and democracy and to contribute to their consciousness. Helping teachers to conduct the class in a professional and ethical manner that models behaviour that students may be expected to display as a professional
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