The active/ethical professional : a framework for responsible educators / Michael G. Gunzenhauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunzenhauser, Michael Gerard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Professional ethics.

Teachers.

Teaching--Moral and ethical aspects.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Active/Ethical Professional proposes an ethical framework for educators and school leaders who find their practice constrained by the demands of policies and structures created in response to accountability legislation. The framework is derived from Michel Foucaults theories of discipline, surveillance, resistance, and care of the self. Gunzenhauser asserts that an educators dual position of being normalized (especially in relations with those above them in the education hierarchy) and normalizing (especially in relations with their students) can be troubling and difficult. The book argues

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 The high-stakes accountability context; Jill after 25 years; Being active and ethical while under surveillance; Note; 2 Accountability as a philosophical problem; The success of Jess; The rarity of philosophizing for educational practice; Documented effects of accountability policy; What have states done?; What happens in schools?; What happens to teachers?; Accountability as a philosophical problem; Progressive critiques of accountability policy; Conservative critiques of accountability policy

Philosophy of education as reform moves forward3 Ethics in educational practice; Irreverent Sid; The role of ethics in schools under the pressure of accountability; Ethical frameworks in education; Three plus two ethical traditions; 4 From accountability (for test results) to responsibility (for children); A+, arts, and accountability; Accountability or responsibility?; What is the primary relation in accountability?; The rise of accountability; More responsible accountability; Economic accountability; Responsibility through the arts; 5 Normalization, surveillance, and the self-disciplined

Normalizing SamFoucault's theory of disciplinary power; How does power work?; The normalized self; How did we get here?; Control through surveillance; Are educators just agents of normalization? Toward resistance; 6 Care of the educated self in crisis; Iris in the middle; Care of the self; What is a self for Foucault?; In search of a Foucauldian self; The Foucauldian self, in greater detail; The Crisis of the educated self; Taking the care of the self forward; 7 Educator professionalism: the active, ethical, and resistant; In search of resistance: three educators, in their own words

Putting the self to workFor the active/ethical professional, what is the desired educated self?; Ethical and professional judgment; Preparing educators for resistance; Resistance in pedagogy; Foucauldian resistance; Ethical resistance; A tentative conclusion; 8 The active/ethical professional in practice; Jill Bartoni's story; Debbie Bendick's story; Sid Davidson's story; The story of the A+ Schools Network; Sam Galloway's story; Iris Lorenzo's story; Stories from Carol Trent, Carl Castillo, and Bryan Tennyson; Final thoughts; APPENDIX Studies of accountability and school reform

Research and evaluation of the North Carolina A+ Schools Program (1995-9)Research and evaluation of the Oklahoma A+ Schools (2002-7); High-stakes testing and philosophies of education (2003-present) and innovation in the accountability era (2009-present); REFERENCES; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613607676

9781441164667

1441164669

9781280577925

1280577924

9781441180179

1441180176

OCLC:

787843516