Ethics and Education

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Ethics and Education
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Moral Education (students)

• Inculcation
• Didactic approach
• Values Clarification
• Character Education
• Moral Stages
• Kohlberg
• Gilligan
• Care

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Ethical Obligations (teachers)

• How should teachers ought to treat students,
  parents, and each other?
• How do teachers go about deciding what they
  should do?
• What effect does the ethical obligations of
  teachers have on moral education?

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How do we determine obligations?

• Principles
• Do no harm
• Maximize the good/minimize the bad
• Respect other persons
• In loco parentis
• Virtues
• Honesty, Kindness, Courage
• Professional obligations