The Ethics of Teaching as a Moral Profession

Ethical issues in the teaching and learning of health topics in schools: The conceptions of teacher trainees

“…These included aspects such as general values related to teaching as a profession (see Campbell, 2003;Colnerud, 1997;Husu & Tirri, 2007), fairness (Campbell, 2003;Colnerud, 1997), thinking about what is best for the pupils (teaching goals and methods) (Lumkin, 2007;Mahony, 2009), respect for individuality (Lumkin, 2007), power relations in the classroom (Buzzelli & Johnston, 2001) -involving in particular the way in which a teacher emphasizes or selects the topics to be dealt with (see Campbell, 2008) -and evaluation practices (Campbell, 2008;Lumkin, 2007;Pope, Green, Johnston, & Mitchell, 2009;Räsänen, 2000). However, there were aspects which did not arise -but which have been emphasized as ethical in teaching -involving most notably the broader sociopolitical and economic context within which the teaching occurs (Benade, 2008b), pupils' work ethics (Tirri, 1999), loyalty to colleagues (Colnerud, 1997), tensions between the school and the family (Shapira-Lishchinsky, 2009), and holding pupils to high standards and engaging them in intellectually challenging learning experiences (Lumkin, 2007).…”

“…Teaching can be seen as a moral craft (Liston & Zeichner, 1987) in which teaching and ethics 1 are closely intertwined (Campbell, 2008). The value-laden nature of teaching lies in the ways in which it is entwined with a person's human nature: the hopes and wishes, dreams and aspirations of the pupils (Benade, 2008a).…”

Teacher Conduct: A Survey on Professional Ethics among Chinese Kindergarten Teachers

“…Further, Campbell (2008) emphasized that teacher professional ethics as part of teaching qualities was "intangible" and therefore warranted more attention. According to Campbell (2008), teacher professional ethics "may be perceived in the tone of voice a teacher uses to speak to a child, in the way a teacher justly adjudicates among competing needs and interests in the classroom, in the way a teacher selects resources with care, evaluates student work with" (p.357).…”

“…Bullough"s (2011) study pays particular attention to the nature of the ethical conflicts confronting teachers and explores problems, dilemmas and conflicts that are of ethical nature. Campbell (2008) suggested that teaching of ethics was neglected in teacher education. Pointing to the fact that teacher education programs are the initial place for developing teacher candidates" ethical dimensions of their chosen profession, Campbell argued for more importance to be attached to ethical education.…”

“…According to Campbell (2008), teacher professional ethics "may be perceived in the tone of voice a teacher uses to speak to a child, in the way a teacher justly adjudicates among competing needs and interests in the classroom, in the way a teacher selects resources with care, evaluates student work with" (p.357). Campbell (2008) believed that professional ethics and teaching were "inherently compatible and unavoidably intertwined" (p.358). Jeelani and Kumar (2015) made an attempt to develop a 55-item scale that could be used to measure professional ethics among secondary school teachers.…”