From lesson planning to instructional practice to classroom management, teachers must make choices constantly throughout their day. Sometimes these decisions are easy, but there are some decisions that are very difficult. As in other professions, challenging choices arise in education which could be detrimental to one's teaching career. Therefore, thoughtful decision making must be part of every educator's daily experience-yet how can current and future teachers be equipped to make the best decisions in their fast-paced profession?
In Tough Choices for Teachers: Ethical Case Studies from Today's Schools and Classrooms, Robert Infantino and Rebecca Wilke help teachers and those working with educators to acquire practical skills to enhance their ethical decision-making processes. By utilizing case studies based on real scenarios the authors have encountered, readers will be able to work through numerous ethical dilemmas that will assist them in honing their approaches to current educational challenges.
Who can benefit from reading Tough Choices for Teachers?
Teachers-Preservice, New, and Experienced District LeadersProfessional Development ProvidersProfessors of EducationStudent Teacher SupervisorsStudent Teaching Seminar FacilitatorsDepartment ChairsCooperating TeachersMentors of Teachers
Thinking through the ethical situations described in each chapter will assist teachers in not only improving their own decision making but also in learning specific strategies to pass on to students in today's schools and classrooms.
Autorentext
Robert Infantino, Ed.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of San Diego. He has spent more than fifty years in education, teaching students from high school to university, and consulting with teachers about literacy issues and ethical decision making in schools.
Rebecca Wilke, Ed.D. has spent over thirty years in the field of education as a K-12 teacher, professor, and educational consultant. She is cofounder and president of LEADon, Inc., a leadership development company serving non-profit and for-profit organizations, including school systems
Inhalt
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
A Note to the Reader
A Note to the Facilitator
Chapter 1: Thinking about Ethics
Chapter 2: Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
Chapter 3: The Truth and Its Consequences
Case 1 - A newly hired social studies teacher, Christine Kaminski, is asked to write a college letter of recommendation for a low-performing student. Should Chris tell the truth or not?
Chapter 4: Playing by the Rules
Case 2 - The first staff-development day turns into an afternoon golf outing for the members of the math department. Koby Johnson finds the invitation to join in very tempting. Should he stay or play?
Chapter 5: Time Constraints
Case 3 - Allison Barnett, like many new teachers, has multiple tugs on her time: from family, from the job, from college classes, and from personal needs. How can she balance her time without giving up teaching creatively in her elementary grade classroom?
Chapter 6: Many Are Called, One Is Chosen
Case 4 - Kelsey Lizdell is serving on a committee to find a new English teacher. She has to help choose among three well-qualified finalists. Quite unexpectedly, the conversation turns away from her choice. What should she do?
Chapter 7: Property Concerns
Case 5 - Reams of missing copy paper cause tighter controls on all the supplies in Diana Simpson's school. She discovers the culprit, a veteran teacher who thinks little of borrowing whatever supplies she needs. How should Diana handle this situation?
Chapter 8: Creditand Where It Is Due
Case 6 - Student plagiarism may not be the only type of plagiarism happening in Brad Edelstein's school. Another teacher has taken full credit for a report that Brad helped write. How should he handle this situation?
Chapter 9: Making the Grade
Case 7 - Grades are important in Leticia Granados's biology class. But the parents of one of her students accuse Leticia of giving their son lower grades than he deserves. How should Leticia handle their threats?
Chapter 10: Religion, Politics, and Delicate Curricular Subjects
Case 8 - A student teacher wants to introduce new material into his cooperating teacher's English curriculum. Mike Leblanc is surprised and a bit shaken by his teacher's response. Is there a way for a student teacher to shape curriculum in this rural community school?
Chapter 11: Relationship Red Flags
Case 9 - There are many varied relationships among the participants in this case involving Heather McBride and her private elementary school. From older teachers, to the principal, to teachers who have already left the school, Heather faces a web of entanglements. How does she become disentangled and just teach her third graders?
Chapter 12: Trouble with Tech Ethics
Case 10 - Tyler Johnson thought his troubles with technology revolved around his students' obsession with a new online game. Unfortunately, his implementation of a lesson involving this game has not only created controversy with parents and his principal bu...