Ethical leadership and decision making in education : applying theoretical perspectives to complex dilemmas / Joan Poliner Shapiro, Jacqueline A. Stefkovich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Joan Poliner.

Contributor:

Stefkovich, Jacqueline Anne, 1947-

Series:

Topics in educational leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Educational leadership.

Educational leadership--Moral and ethical aspects.

Ethics--Study and teaching.

School management and organization--Moral and ethical aspects.

School management and organization.

School administrators--Professional ethics.

School administrators.

United States.

School administrators--Professional ethics--United States.

School management and organization--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Ethics--Study and teaching--United States.

Ethics.

Decision making--United States.

Decision making.

Physical Description:

xiii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Contents:

Part I Practice and Paradigms in the Study of Ethics 1

1 Multiple Ethical Paradigms and the Preparation of Educational Leaders in a Diverse and Complex Era 3

2 Viewing Ethical Dilemmas Through Multiple Paradigms 10

Part II A Multiparadigm Approach to Analyzing Paradoxical Dilemmas 27

3 Individual Rights Versus Community Standards 31

4 Traditional Curriculum Versus Hidden Curriculum 41

5 Personal Codes Versus Professional Codes 55

6 The American Melting Pot Versus the Chinese Hot Pot 65

7 Equality Versus Equity 76

Part III Teaching as Scholarly Work 91

8 Ethics, Ourselves, and Our Pedagogy 93.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and indexes.

ISBN:

0805832505

OCLC:

43599134