Exam 21: The Ethics of Teaching

Why are interpersonal skills important when implementing a decision based on ethical teaching?

What is empathy?

Ms.Brown decides to ask to have a disruptive student transferred from her class, reasoning that removing the student will provide better learning opportunities for the rest of the students.Ms.Brown is using

Ms.Lee deducts points from all late assignments, no matter what excuses students give for late work, because she believes that, once established, policies must be applied consistently to be fair.Ms.Lee is using

List and describe in your own words at least three of the six characteristics of ethical teaching detailed in your textbook.

What are ethics?

In their everyday interactions, teachers can have an ethical influence on their students through

How do the authors define an ethical dilemma?

Mr.Fernandez recalls that homework sometimes became overwhelming when he was a student, and that he would have appreciated a teacher who gave students some leeway on deadlines.So, he allows students to hand in papers up to one day late, with no reduction in grades.Mr.Fernandez is practicing

One of Mr.Bluestone's colleagues decides to call in sick and skip a professional development workshop, even though she is not ill.At the workshop, the principal asks Mr.Bluestone about the colleague's absence.He cannot decide whether to tell that he knows she is not sick.Mr.Bluestone is facing a conflict between