Deck 21: The Ethics of Teaching

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Answer should include at least three of the following: • Appreciation for moral deliberation - the ability to identify a moral dilemma • Empathy - the ability to feel what others in the situation are feeling, • Knowledge - information about the situation, • Reasoning - the ability to reflect systematically on a moral issue, • Courage - the will to act upon an ethical decision • Interpersonal Skills - communication and other skills to work with the people involved in the situation

Question 2

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

A)ends-based thinking.
B)rule-based thinking.
C)care-based thinking.
D)self-based thinking.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is empathy?

A)reflecting systematically on an issue
B)understanding the actions of others
C)being able to feel what others are thinking and feeling
D)having the willpower to act ethically

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

A)long-term and short-term considerations.
B)truth and loyalty.
C)justice versus mercy.
D)courage versus deliberation.

Question 5

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

A)providing personal examples of ethical behavior.
B)the classroom climate they create.
C)engaging students in ethical dialogues.
D)all of these.

Question 6

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

A)ends-based thinking.
B)rule-based thinking.
C)care-based thinking.
D)self-based thinking.

Question 7

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

A)ends-based thinking.
B)rule-based thinking.
C)care-based thinking.
D)self-based thinking.

Question 8

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

Question 9

What are ethics?

A)a set of principles that calls an individual to higher modes of behavior.
B)a set of situations that have a clear right and wrong.
C)freedom to act and do what a person wants
D)constraints that come with commitments

Question 10

How do the authors define an ethical dilemma?