Dilemmas of educational ethics : cases and commentaries / edited by Meira Levinson, Jacob Fay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levinson, Meira, editor.

Contributor:

Fay, Jacob, editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Professional ethics--Case studies.

Teachers.

Teaching--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Teaching.

Educational leadership--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.

Educational leadership.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Educational leadership--Moral and ethical aspects.

Teachers--Professional ethics.

Teaching--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

255 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Dilemmas of Educational Ethics introduces a new interdisciplinary approach to achieving practical wisdom in education, one that honors the complexities inherent in educational decision making and encourages open discussion of the values and principals we should collectively be trying to realize in educational policy and practice"-- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Promotion or retention?

Rocky choices : scientific inquiry, discipline, and mental illness at Rivers Elementary

Stolen trust : cell phone theft in a zero-tolerance high school

Inflated expectations : how should teachers assign grades?

Is pandering ethical policy? : Power, privilege, and school assignment

How, if at all, should charters be compared to local districts?

Engaging with dilemmas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-239) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781612509327

1612509320

9781612509334

1612509339

OCLC:

932387719

Publisher Number:

99969013247