The Ethics of Teaching: A Casebook

ISBN-13: 9780805840636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 296 str.

Patricia Keith-Spiegel; Jr. Bernard E. Whitley; Deborah Ware Balogh

Opis

Although college-level educators are trained to be experts in their field, they are often ill-prepared for the common ethical risks that will frequently confront them in the halls of academe. Unfortunately, professional ethics codes or institutional policies usually do not address these common risks. This work offers a frank discussion of the most frequently encountered ethical dilemmas that can arise in educational settings, as well as tips on how to avoid these predicaments and how to deal with them when they do occur. The goal is to stimulate discussion and raise faculties' consciousness about ethical issues. Ethical dilemmas are presented as short case scenarios, most of which are based on actual situations, so as to furnish more realistic and interesting stimuli for individual reflection and group discussion. These scenarios offer the opportunity to consider the subtle complexities inherent in the social and psychological contexts in which educator-student interactions occur and the effects of those complexities on ethical decision making. Each case is followed by a detailed analysis and advice. The 195 cases presented are grouped into 22 chapters representing topics, such as

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Introduction. Part I: The Classroom Ambiance. Instructors' Classroom Policies. Student Deportment in the Classroom. Part II: The Classroom Learning Experience. Instructors' Presentation Style and Content. Required In-Class Learning Activities. Part III: Assessments of Students. Testing and Other Academic Evaluations. Grading Methods. Feedback to Students. Writing Reference Letters for Students. Biased Treatment of Students. Academic Dishonesty. Part IV: Outside the Classroom. Availability to Students. Student-Faculty Interactions. Part V: Relationships in Academia. Multiple Role Relations and Conflicts of Interest. Interprofessional Relations. Exploitation of Students. Discrimination. Manipulative Students and Instructors. Supervising, Advising, and Collaboration With Students. Part VI: Responsibilities to Students and Colleagues. Instructor Competency. Confidentiality Issues. Political and Public Statements. Responsibilities to the Institution. Afterword: Prevention and Peer Intervention.

O autorze

Patricia Keith-Spiegel, Bernard E. Whitley Jr., Deborah Ware Balogh, David V. Perkins, Arno F. Wittig