Creating the Ethical School : A Book of Case Studies

by ZUBAY, BONGSOON; Soltis, Jonas F.; Nash, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9780807745137
• ISBN10: 0807745138
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-19
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

Addressing the many ethical issues that arise daily in school, this volume is a hands-on guide for all K-12 practitioners, an excellent teaching tool for preparing future teachers, and an essential resource for anyone who wants to create a caring and supportive school environment. This book features: realistic, provocative, and ethically challenging case studies that can be adapted to both private and public school settings—ideal for generating discussions about how to resolve given issues; a range of encounters educators are apt to experience, such as between teacher and teacher, teacher and student, parent and teacher, and parent and administrato; an array of ethical dilemmas and issues encountered at different grade levels on topics such as: racism, teasing, cheating, plagiarism, anorexia, free speech, violence, religion, and much more; and appendixes listing ethical standards for each member of the school community and overviews of student understandings of right and wrong, presented according to grade level.

Author Biography

Bongsoon Zubay is Director of the State University Urban Teacher Education Center (SUTEC) in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Foreword	xiii
Robert J. Nash
Nurturing Ethical Consciousness in a School Community	1	(20)
The Moral Nature of Education	3	(2)
The School Head's Story	5	(8)
Organization of the Case Studies Chapters	13	(4)
Sharing Ideas About Aims	17	(4)
Teacher/Student Cases	21	(14)
A New Teacher's Struggle	21	(1)
The Case of the Taunted Loner	22	(1)
``Gentleman's D''?	23	(1)
Promises, Authority, and Student Lives	24	(2)
Freeware	26	(1)
Racism? Or Just Teasing?	27	(1)
On Body Images	28	(1)
Did She Cheat?	29	(2)
A Violent Cheater	31	(4)
Teacher/Administrator Cases	35	(20)
A Report Card Dilemma	35	(1)
Unfounded Suspicions?	36	(2)
Unwelcome Advances	38	(1)
To Copy or Not to Copy?	39	(1)
How to Deal with Violent Reactions	40	(1)
Parental Pressure	41	(2)
Religion in the Classroom?	43	(1)
Falsely Accused?	44	(2)
The Best Education Money Can Buy	46	(1)
But Is It Plagiarism?	47	(2)
Almost Competent	49	(6)
Teacher/Parent(s) Cases	55	(10)
An Odd Parent-Teacher Conference	55	(1)
Cultural Identity	56	(1)
Whose Views Are They?	57	(1)
An Inappropriate Parent	58	(1)
Whose Rights Take Priority: The Individual's or the Group's?	59	(2)
A Pushy Parent	61	(2)
Too Close for Comfort?	63	(2)
Teacher/Teacher Cases	65	(10)
A Colleague Problem	65	(2)
Faculty Members at Odds	67	(2)
Athletic Pressure	69	(1)
A Rumored Affair	69	(1)
A Bad Experience Observing a Colleague	70	(1)
Too Personal	71	(4)
Parent(s)/Administrators Cases	75	(10)
A Difficult Parental Request	75	(2)
Should a School Promote a Preschooler?	77	(1)
Medical Treatment and Schooling	78	(1)
Misuse of School Information	78	(2)
Anorexia and Responsibility	80	(1)
How to Handle a Student's Insensitivity?	81	(1)
The School as Parent	82	(3)
Heads/Trustees/School Cases	85	(16)
Head and Trustee with Teacher in the Middle	85	(2)
Evolving Computer Ethics	87	(3)
Student Newspapers: Free Speech and Administrative Responsibility	90	(2)
What Is This Stuff?	92	(2)
A Mistrustful Trustee	94	(3)
A Loyal Employee	97	(2)
A Fairy Tale?	99	(2)
Appendix A: Student Understandings of Right and Wrong	101	(18)
Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Lower School (Grades 1--4)	102	(2)
Middle School (Grades 5--8)	104	(4)
Upper School (Grades 9--12)	108	(11)
Appendix B: Berkeley Carroll School Ethical Standards	119	(4)
Ethical Standards for Administrators	120	(1)
Ethical Standards for the Parents of the School	120	(1)
Ethical Standards for Faculty	120	(1)
Ethical Standards for Lower-School Students	121	(1)
Ethical Standards for Middle-School Students	121	(1)
Ethical Standards for Upper-School Students	121	(2)
Suggested Readings on Moral Theory and Ethics and Education	123	(2)
Contributors of Ethical Cases	125	(2)
About the Authors	127