Tough Choices for Teachers
eBook - ePub

Tough Choices for Teachers

Ethical Case Studies from Today’s Schools and Classrooms

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eBook - ePub

Tough Choices for Teachers

Ethical Case Studies from Today’s Schools and Classrooms

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. A Note to the Reader
  5. A Note to the Facilitator
  6. Chapter 1: Thinking about Ethics
  7. Chapter 2: Approaches to Ethical Decision Making
  8. Chapter 3: The Truth and Its Consequences
  9. Chapter 4: Playing by the Rules
  10. Chapter 5: Time Constraints
  11. Chapter 6: Many Are Called, One Is Chosen
  12. Chapter 7: Property Concerns
  13. Chapter 8: Credit—and Where It Is Due
  14. Chapter 9: Making the Grade
  15. Chapter 10: Religion, Politics, and Delicate Curricular Subjects
  16. Chapter 11: Relationship Red Flags
  17. Chapter 12: Trouble with Tech Ethics
  18. Chapter 13: Sex and the Single Teacher
  19. Chapter 14: Character Matters
  20. Chapter 15: Touchy Situations
  21. Chapter 16: Generational Differences
  22. Epilogue
  23. Appendix A
  24. Appendix B
  25. Appendix C
  26. Appendix D
  27. References
  28. About the Authors