Addressing the many ethical issues that arise daily in school, this volume is a hands-on guide for all K-12 practitioners, an excellent teaching tool for preparing future teachers, and an essential resource for anyone who wants to create a caring and supportive school environment.
Features:
- Realistic, provocative, and ethically challenging case studies that can be adapted to both private and public school settings.
- A range of encounters educators are apt to experience, such as between teacher and teacher, teacher and student, parent and teacher, and parent and administrator.
- An array of ethical dilemmas and issues encountered at different grade levels on topics such as: racism, teasing, cheating, plagiarism, anorexia, free speech, violence, religion, and much more!
- Appendixes listing ethical standards for each member of the school community and overviews of student understandings of right and wrong, presented according to grade level.