Rights and Wrongs in the College Classroom
Rights and Wrongs in the College Classroom

Author: Jordy Rocheleau

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 2007-01-25

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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The ethics of the teaching profession have been given little systematic analysis than those of other professions. While the ethics of medicine, business, and journalism receive more instruction and attention and are widely analyzed and debated, there is a shortage of literature and examination of the ethics of higher education, particularly in the classroom. What is considered fair evaluation? How does one respond to an offensive student? When may faculty date a former student? Written for faculty throughout higher education, this book puts forth a set of principles for college teaching, and concludes with practical analyses of the ethical dilemmas facing professors in the classroom today. Topic-by-topic, this book covers Academic ethics: sources, principles, and responses to objections Teaching advocacy and indoctrination Conflicts of interest The ethics of classroom grading Offensive speech and behavior Faculty-student relationships Rights and Wrongs in the College Classroom develops an ethic that integrates concerns for student rights, social goals, and academic freedom and helps faculty to understand what values are at stake and how to make better decisions when confronted with moral dilemmas. There is a need for both institutional and faculty support of such a code of ethics, whose cultivation and observance has intrinsic rewards for faculty as individuals and professionals.

Navigating Right and Wrong
Navigating Right and Wrong

Author: Daniel E. Lee

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2002-10-09

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1461711061

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How should I live my life? Is there really anything that is inherently right or wrong? These may sound like simple questions, but finding answers to them is anything but simple-particularly in an age of ethical pluralism. In our multicultural, multiethnic world, is there any meaningful way to talk about moral obligations? Daniel Lee says yes. In Navigating Right and Wrong, this long-time ethicist and teacher helps us begin to reconcile our personal moral commitments with an openness to alternatives, with an eye to responsibly negotiating ethics and morality in our pluralistic age. Through concise, thoughtful prose and engaging anecdotes, Lee introduces readers to various philosophical and theological moral theories, ultimately arguing that we must embrace a faith-based ethics, or succumb to the alternative—ethical subjectivism. In the final analysis, Lee asserts, we can do no more than acknowledge that the value claims we make are part of the faith we affirm, be it one that is explicitly religious or entirely secular in nature. Assuming no prior philosophical knowledge, Navigating Right and Wrong will be of use to general readers, students, and anyone else who has ever earnestly asked the question, Is there really anything that is right or wrong?

Transparent Teaching of Adolescents
Transparent Teaching of Adolescents

Author: Mindy Keller-Kyriakides

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-07-18

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1475824653

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Transparent Teaching of Adolescents is a combination of philosophy, method, and application of research-based strategies that follow the progression of the school year. A global, collaborative effort, the dialogue between this teacher and her former students presents both the wholeness of teaching and a model of how to build rapport, engage high school students in their experience, and enrich their learning at the secondary level of education.

The Privileged Poor
The Privileged Poor

Author: Anthony Abraham Jack

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0674239660

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An NPR Favorite Book of the Year “Breaks new ground on social and educational questions of great import.” —Washington Post “An essential work, humane and candid, that challenges and expands our understanding of the lives of contemporary college students.” —Paul Tough, author of Helping Children Succeed “Eye-opening...Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions.” —Washington Post “Jack’s investigation redirects attention from the matter of access to the matter of inclusion...His book challenges universities to support the diversity they indulge in advertising.” —New Yorker The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors—and their coffers—to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In this bracing exposé, Anthony Jack shows that many students’ struggles continue long after they’ve settled in their dorms. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This powerfully argued book documents how university policies and campus culture can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why some students are harder hit than others.

The Schools Our Children Deserve
The Schools Our Children Deserve

Author: Alfie Kohn

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780618083459

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Arguing against the tougher standards rhetoric that marks the current education debate, the author of No Contest and Punished by Rewards writes that such tactics squeeze the pleasure out of learning. Reprint.

Right and Wrong
Right and Wrong

Author: Thomas I. White

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1119099323

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The newly updated Right and Wrong 2nd Edition is an accessible introduction to the major traditions in western philosophical ethics, written in a lively and engaging style. It is designed for entry-level ethics courses and includes real-life ethical scenarios chosen to appeal directly to students. Greatly expanded and improved, this successful text introduces students to the major ethical traditions, and provides a simple methodology for resolving ethical dilemmas Treats teleological and deontological approaches to ethics as the two most important traditions, but now includes chapters on virtue ethics and the ethics of care The very accessible writing style speaks directly to students’ own experience Draws examples from three types of real-life ethical scenarios submitted by students: academic dishonesty, partying, and personal relationships Provides a concise treatment of this notoriously complex subject, perfect for entry-level ethics and applied ethics courses

Whole Novels for the Whole Class
Whole Novels for the Whole Class

Author: Ariel Sacks

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-10-21

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1118526503

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Work with students at all levels to help them read novels Whole Novels is a practical, field-tested guide to implementing a student-centered literature program that promotes critical thinking and literary understanding through the study of novels with middle school students. Rather than using novels simply to teach basic literacy skills and comprehension strategies, Whole Novels approaches literature as art. The book is fully aligned with the Common Core ELA Standards and offers tips for implementing whole novels in various contexts, including suggestions for teachers interested in trying out small steps in their classrooms first. Includes a powerful method for teaching literature, writing, and critical thinking to middle school students Shows how to use the Whole Novels approach in conjunction with other programs Includes video clips of the author using the techniques in her own classroom This resource will help teachers work with students of varying abilities in reading whole novels.

Right & Wrong
Right & Wrong

Author: Laurence R. Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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This book meets a need by bringing ethics to the attention of everyone. In times of social and political change, concerns about ethical standards for behavior become particularly pressing. Without some commonly accepted guidelines about how human beings will treat each other, it becomes increasingly difficult to conduct business, maintain a community, provide education, and carry out the basic functions of government.