ERIC Number: EJ1162787
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
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Codes of Professional Conduct and Ethics Education for Future Teachers
Maxwell, Bruce
Philosophical Inquiry in Education, v24 n4 p323-347 2017
This paper argues that the way future teachers are being initiated into the ethical dimensions of their future profession is largely out of step with the movement to professionalize teaching. After recalling the role that codes of professional conduct play in the ecology of professional self-regulation, and arguing that familiarizing students with their local code of ethics should be considered as the bare minimum of an adequate ethics education for professionals, the paper presents research findings indicating that education students are not leaving colleges and universities with a clear understanding of what is expected of them by society, their peers and the profession. The paper concludes with three suggestions about how to begin bringing ethics education for teachers more into line with teaching's aspiration to professional status.
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Standards, Metacognition, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Professional Recognition, Moral Values, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Teacher Educators, Administrator Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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