This popular text features a rigorous yet practical approach to the difficult dilemmas that so often arise in school administration. Using case studies to illustrate particular ethical issues, the authors cover such topics as: standards; assessment and evaluation; equal opportunity; multiculturalism; religious differences; due process; freedom of expression; personal liberty; and authority. Updated to address today's emphasis on meeting standards and raising test scores, the new Third Edition features new cases that discuss such current issues as zero tolerance policies and integrity in reporting data, and a revised chapter addressing the difficulty of focusing on standards while also dealing with competing demands, such as respecting the professional judgment of teachers, turning schools into learning communities, and engaging parents and members of the larger community in school life.

The Ethics of School Administration (Ethics in Education Series)

Education & Teaching

Kenneth A. Strike

Schools & Teaching

Teachers College Pr

This revised and expanded Second Edition uses a new format to invite moral deliberation in the concrete contexts of specific ethical dilemmas. Each chapter is organized to challenge thinking. First, a hypothetical "case" is presented. This case is followed by a "dispute" in the form of a dialogue that points out salient ethical issues in an intuitive way. Next is a discussion of "concepts", which brings major ethical issues to bear. Then, "analysis" shows what decisions could ultimately be reached based from both consequentialist and nonconsequentialist perspectives. Finally, each chapter ends with additional similar cases for practice, discussion, and resolution. Chapters cover such timely issues as punishment and due process, intellectual freedom, equal treatment of students, democracy, relativism, deliberation, and reflective equilibrium. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the nature of ethical thinking: asking questions, exploring options, understanding various perspectives, and making decisions - the very type of thinking skills that teachers hope to nurture in their students.

The Ethics of Teaching (Thinking About Education Series)

Teachers' College Press

Paperback: 148 pagesPublisher: Teachers College Pr; 3rd edition (August 1998)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 080773666XISBN-13: 978-0807736661Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inchesShipping Weight: 9.4 ounces

Business & Money

Business Culture

Liberty and Learning

St.Martin's Press

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