Ethics in Education / Edition 1

by David E. Fenner

Overview

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815330882
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/01/1998
Series:	Garland Handbooks of World Music , #6
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Series Editor's Preface	vii
	Introduction	ix
Part 1.	Teachers	1
Chapter 1.	Professions and Professionalism	3
Chapter 2.	The Teacher's Point of View	23
Chapter 3.	Ethics and Educational Administration: Are Professional Policies Ethical?	41
Part 2.	The Classroom	67
Chapter 4.	The Ordinary Schoolteacher	69
Chapter 5.	Sexual Education and Morality	81
Chapter 6.	Multicultural Education and Feminist Ethics	93
Chapter 7.	Out of the School Closet: The Invisible Minority	109
Chapter 8.	From Darkness to Light: Censorship, Power and Empowerment in Education	141
Part 3.	Discipline	149
Chapter 9.	The Time Is Now: Banning Corporal Punishment	151
Chapter 10.	For Honor's Sake: Moral Education, Honor Systems, and the Informer Rule	157
Chapter 11.	Reconciling Care and Control: Authority in Classroom Relationships	173
Part 4.	Grading	197
Chapter 12.	Coercion and the Ethics of Grading and Testing	199
Chapter 13.	Grading	223
Chapter 14.	Do Our Grading Systems Contribute to Dumbing Down?	237
Chapter 15.	The Problem with Grading	243
Part 5.	Society	259
Chapter 16.	Education for Democracy	261
Chapter 17.	Democracy and Teaching	283
Chapter 18.	The Drive for Racially Inclusive Schools	299
Chapter 19.	Justice and the Case for School Vouchers	315
	Bibliography	331
	Contributors	341

Editorial Reviews

Contains 19 chapters addressing ethical issues in relation to teachers, the classroom, discipline, grading, and society. Written by scholars of the philosophy of education, faculty members of colleges of education, primary and secondary school classroom teachers, and others, the case studies, studies, and essays in this volume represent a range of political orientations. Topics include such matters as whether professional policies are ethical, authority in classroom relationships, and coercion and the ethics of grading and testing. Also includes a piece by Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo, arguing against corporal punishment in the schools. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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