Teachers in Trouble: An Exploration of the Normative Character of Teaching / Edition 1

by Stuart Piddocke, Romulo Magsino, Michael Manley-Casimir

Overview

The teacher who has an affair with a student. The teacher who is a transvestite. The teacher who advocates personal beliefs. These are 'teachers in trouble.' Their behaviour, whether it occurs in the classroom or off the job, offends the community and brings down censure from the school board.

At root, schools are cultural institutions and teaching, a cultural activity. Teachers are expected to shape students according to accepted community norms. They interpret and apply curricula - and can divert curricula from their intended purpose. Teachers are at the eye of the vortex in the struggle for control over education, buffeted by the forces of social change and conflicting public expectations. The authors of this book examine how teacher conduct is monitored and what types of misconduct can produce 'social dramas.' Boards of reference have been established to arbitrate disputes between school boards and teachers who are dismissed. Drawing on the decisions of these boards of reference across Canada, the authors identify normative issues and propose a classification scheme for contentious behaviours.

Teachers in Trouble poses fundamental questions about the role of teachers in society. It is an invaluable guide for teachers and professional organizations, education administrators, and members of the community who are concerned about ethics in our schools.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802074362
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Publication date:	12/27/1997
Series:	Heritage Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	6.01(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Stuart Piddocke is research associate at the Centre for Education, Law and Society, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. Romulo F. Magsino is dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba. Michael Manley-Casimir is a professor in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education at Brock University.