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¶ … Ethical Issues in Education
From your understanding of the module materials and optional external literature concerning contemporary ethical issues in an educational or organization setting, describe three significant contemporary ethical issues which you feel are not being adequately addressed and their unacceptable effect in an educational or organizational setting.
Leaders in an educational institution have a special duty to maintain ethical behavior in their roles as the educators for future generations. However, in many cases, leaders are largely unprepared to effectively engage in an ethical decision making process. One issue that should receive a significant amount of attention due to its implications would be how to address teachers with inadequate performances in their roles. There is a duty to somehow intervene or at least address this issue because it affects students and their education. Yet, such an issue is often disregarded or dismissed because of many factors which might include teachers unions or even personal relationships. However, there are different techniques that can be used to lessen the stigma associated with ethical duties.
One technique that has shown promise is an interdisciplinary workshop that acts out different scenarios so that participants and views can practice ethical...
Others have used sports to illustrate the inherent value to everyone involved in ethical decision making. Some individuals compete in sports with the emphasis on gamesmanship in which places the highest priority on winning; others place the on sportsmanship which is the more ethical position (Hanson & Savage, N.d.). I think this analogy to education is fitting. For example, some educators can focus on test results and performance metrics (winning is everything) while others may focus on the actual education that the students receive while they are in school (the way the game is played is more important).
Strong Educational Leadership
One of the most tension situations in educational environments can result from disagreements between the teacher's unions and the Boards of Education in which they negotiate with for things such as compensation, benefits, vacation days, and other similar job related factors. Teachers may strike through their union in protest of issues such as layoffs of teachers who lack tenure protections as was the case in Los Angeles (Blume, 2009). Such situations often take leadership from both sides to mitigate the worst effects of such strikes -- which generally involves the students missing educational time. In the case in LA mentioned,…
References
Blume, H. (2009, May 6). California Briefing / Los Angeles. Retrieved from Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/06/local/me-briefs6.S3
Blume, H. (2009, May 13). Judge prohibits L.A. teachers strike. Retrieved from LA Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may/13/local/me-lausd-strike13
Cranston, J., & Kusanovich, K. (2014). More Drama in School Leadership: Developing Creative and Ethical Capacities in the Next Generation of School Leaders. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 33.
Hanson, K., & Savage, M. (N.d.). What Role Does Ethics Play in Sports? Retrieved from Santa Clara University: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/sports-ethics.html
Her promotional prospects may also be affected if she receives a poor write-up by a union supervisor. Of course, Angelica has legal recourse if she is subjected to such abuse. But as a young woman in need of a job who does not want to make trouble, Angelica is likely to be unaware of the law and unwilling to take such actions. Furthermore, she does not seem adverse to
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