Ethical Issues for Esl Faculty: Social Justice in Practice

by Hafernik, Johnnie Johnson; Messerschmitt, Dorothy S.; Vandrick, Stephanie

• ISBN13: 9780805840285
• ISBN10: 0805840281
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Explores ethical issues & concerns commonly encountered by ESL faculty in practical terms & relates them to the classroom environment. Each chap includes several scenarios to generate discussion, debate, & reflection. Intended for ESL faculty & as a text

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
Ethical Principles and Systems: Absolute or Relative	1	(4)
Ethics and Social Justice	5	(6)
PART I: INSIDE THE CLASSROOM	11	(58)
Faculty Responsibilities	15	(7)
Adjustment to the U.S. Classroom	17	(2)
Teaching and Modeling Civility	19	(3)
Classroom Management, Inappropriate Comments, and Complaints	22	(10)
Classroom Management	25	(4)
Inappropriate Comments and Complaints	29	(3)
Testing, Assessment, and Evaluation	32	(9)
Student and Curricular Issues	34	(5)
Evaluation of Faculty	39	(2)
Cheating and Plagiarism	41	(9)
Plagiarism	43	(2)
Cheating	45	(3)
Pedagogical Concerns	48	(2)
Technology	50	(9)
Access	51	(2)
The Internet	53	(2)
Teaching With Technology	55	(1)
Creating Materials	56	(3)
Students' Social and Political Realities	59	(10)
Social and Economic Realities	61	(1)
Political Realities	62	(4)
The Convergence of Social and Political Realities	66	(3)
PART II: OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM	69	(30)
Advising and Personal Relationships	73	(12)
Advising Responsibilities	75	(6)
Responsibilities and Personal Relationships	81	(4)
Student Safety	85	(7)
Safety Issues	86	(2)
Student Concerns	88	(1)
Pedagogical Strategies	89	(3)
Gift Giving	92	(7)
Ethical Issues	94	(3)
Classroom Discussion of Gift Giving	97	(2)
PART III: THE BROADER CONTEXT	99	(48)
Curriculum Design and Implementation	101	(10)
Contexts of Curriculum Design and Implementation	103	(1)
Ethical Obligations of Faculty	103	(2)
Individual Faculty Freedom in Making Curricular Decisions	105	(1)
Choosing and Using Materials Ethically	106	(3)
Working for Change Within the System	109	(2)
Colleagues and the Institution	111	(10)
Balancing Faculty's Obligations to the Institution and the Institution's Obligations to Faculty	113	(4)
Faculty Privileges and Corresponding Obligations and Responsibilities	117	(1)
Ethical Responsibilities to Colleagues and Others	118	(3)
Faculty Research	121	(7)
Classroom-Based Research	122	(4)
Acknowledging Others' Contributions	126	(2)
Academic Freedom	128	(6)
Gender and Class	134	(10)
Gender	135	(2)
Feminist Pedagogies	137	(3)
Feminist Ethics	140	(1)
Class	140	(3)
Conclusion	143	(1)
Conclusion	144	(3)
Appendix A: Professional Guidelines, Codes of Ethics, and Useful Web Sites	147	(2)
Appendix B: Additional Scenarios	149	(6)
References	155	(6)
Author Index	161	(2)
Subject Index	163