The Ethical Teacher

by Elizabeth Campbell, Andy Hargreaves (Editor), Ivor Goodson (Editor)

Overview

This book presents the concept of ethical knowledge as it is revealed, as it is challenged, and as it may be used in schools. The book combines empirical expressions of teachers' beliefs and practices with a discussion of the connections between the moral dimensions of schooling and applied professional ethics in teaching.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780335212187
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Series:	Professionsal Learning Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Campbell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theory and Policy Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Canada. She teaches in both the preservice teacher education program and the graduate program in educational administration. Dr. Campbell's teaching and scholarship focus on professional ethics in education and the moral dimensions of teaching and schooling.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part one: Moral agency and ethical knowledge

Introduction to ethics in teaching
The teacher as a moral person
The teacher as a moral educator

Part two: Challenges to ethical professionalism

Dilemmas in teaching
Collegial fear the dilemmas within

Part three: Ethical directions

Standards and codes
Learning to create an ethical culture
Using ethical knowledge to inform practice
Bibliography
Index.