Worldwide, there is a growing expectation that teachers will act in a 'professional'manner.
Professionalism, in this regard, includes identification of a unique body of occupational …

Teachers have a dual moral responsibility as both values educators and moral agents
representing the integrity of the profession. Codes of ethics and conduct in teaching …

This article provides a theoretical discussion of the process of developing a professional
code of ethics for teachers. Two underlying assumptions pervade the article. Firstly, that …

This chapter explains the urgent need for educational ethics as a component of teacher
development and highlights the crucial role that codes of ethics and conduct can play in the …

Since the 1970s an'ethics boom'has occurred to counter the disappearance of ethics
education from tertiary institutions. This' boom'appears to be absent from teacher education …

Applied ethics courses in education emphasize an analytical or rules/principles ap proach to
resolving ethical dilemmas. Two other fruitful approaches, character/struc ture and …

Evidence suggests that professional ethics is currently a neglected topic in teacher
education programs. In this article, the authors revisit the question of ethics education for …

The development of ethical standards by professional associations, boards, councils and
colleges of teachers, responds in part to a moral imperative that teachers and school leaders …

This book adopts a 'community of inquiry'approach to the teaching of professional ethics to
pre-service teachers. It is designed to assist students to bridge the gap between ethical …

Two studies were conducted to explore codes of ethics as a source of insight into the ethical
base of teacher professionalism. Using the 13 codes of ethics overseeing teachers' work in …