Tough Choices for Teachers: Ethical Challenges in Today's Schools and Classrooms

by Robert Infantino, Rebecca Wilke

Overview

From lesson-planning to instructional practice to classroom management, teachers must make choices constantly and consistently. Somtimes these decisions are easy, but there are some decisions that are very difficult. Such delicate decisions often arise in the world of education and may be detrimental to one's career. Thoughtful decision-making should be part of every educator's daily experience. In Tough Choices for Teachers: Ethical Challenges in Today's Schools and Classrooms, Infantino and Wilke help student teachers, new teachers, and experienced teachers think more deeply about ethical concerns. The case studies included by the authors involve ethical dilemmas dealing with honesty, integrity, and proper professional behavior. Thinking through these scenarios based in actual situations, educators are trained in ethical decision-making processes and necessary skils for dealing with problems that arise in KD12 schooling.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607090861
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	03/16/2009
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Robert Infantino is professor emeritus of education at the University of San Diego, having spent forty-three years in education. Rebecca Wilke is cofounder of LEADon, Inc., a leadership development company based in San Diego, and has taught in both KD12 and university settings for more than twenty years.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 A Note to the Reader Chapter 2 A Note to the Instructor Chapter 3 Thinking about Ethics Chapter 4 Approaches to Ethical Decision-Making Chapter 5 Case One: The Truth and Its Consequences Chapter 6 Case Two: Playing by the Rules Chapter 7 Case Three: Time Constraints Chapter 8 Case Four: Many Are Called, One Is Chosen Chapter 9 Case Five: Property Matters Chapter 10 Case Six: Credit and Where It Is Due Chapter 11 Case Seven: Making the Grade Chapter 12 Case Eight: Religion, Politics, and Delicate Curriculum Subjects Chapter 13 Case Nine: Relationship Red Flags Chapter 14 Case Ten: The Dating Game Chapter 15 Case Eleven: Sex and the Single Teacher Chapter 16 Case Twelve: Character Matters Chapter 17 Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

I recommend Tough Choices for Teachers to anyone considering teaching as a profession; it will be an invaluable resource. The authors have carefully crafted each chapter based on research and their own experiences with ethical issues, and as a result, the reader is presented with realistic, complex case studies. Each chapter concludes with key questions that guide the reader through a process to determine possible solutions to the scenarios. Tough Choices for Teachers prepares educators to meet the challenge of important ethical situations that arise in public schools on a daily basis.

Mark Baldwin

Tough Choices for Teachers is an engaging set of real-world cases that dramatically illustrate some of the difficult decisions educators are confronted with in their classrooms, schools, and communities. A frank discussion of the importance of these ethical challenges is a must for pre-service and in-service teachers who will lead our nation's classrooms in the twenty-first century.

Stuart E. Gothold

Tough Choices for Teachers: Ethical Challenges in Today's Schools and Classrooms is a significant addition to the growing pool of instructional resources with subject matter concentrating on professional ethics in teacher education. It is a primer for integrating ethics philosophy with analysis of cases featuring ethical dilemmas faced by teachers in their teacher preparation curricula undergirding national and state accreditation standards and teaching performance expectations. The time is right for this book. It fits into a progressive focus on teacher and student conduct in an age of widespread professional and media attention to the phenomena.

Issues In Teacher Education

A useful and effective tool for engaging educators in discussion and reflection on the types of ethical dilemmas they will encounter over the course of their careers. More teacher education programs would do well to raise these topics with their pre-service teachers, and school principals and department heads might likewise consider engaging their faculties in discussion and reflection of these issues. Quite a number of the case studies embedded in Tough choices for teachers would be ideal for such endeavours.

Journal of Moral Education

Tough Choices for Teachers is an engaging set of real-world cases that dramatically illustrate some of the difficult decisions educators are confronted with in their classrooms, schools, and communities. A frank discussion of the importance of these ethical challenges is a must for pre-service and in-service teachers who will lead our nation's classrooms in the twenty-first century.

Stuart E. Gothold Ed.D

Tough Choices for Teachers: Ethical Challenges in Today's Schools and Classrooms is a significant addition to the growing pool of instructional resources with subject matter concentrating on professional ethics in teacher education. It is a primer for integrating ethics philosophy with analysis of cases featuring ethical dilemmas faced by teachers in their teacher preparation curricula undergirding national and state accreditation standards and teaching performance expectations. The time is right for this book. It fits into a progressive focus on teacher and student conduct in an age of widespread professional and media attention to the phenomena.

Issues in Teacher Education