Ethical Dilemmas in Education

Beverley Johns has over 35 years experience within the public schools working with students with significant behavioral disorders and learning disabilities. She is the author or co-author of nine published books, is active in a number of state and national organizations, and was the 2000 recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award of the International Council for Exceptional Children.Mary Z. McGrath taught for thirty-one years with the Bloomington, Minnesota Public Schools primarily in the area of special education. She currently writes and offers varied workshops to educators, parents and the general public.Sarup R. Mathur is Clinical Professor, Cluster Chair of the Special Education Program at Arizona State University. She has accumulated extensive experience in developing educational programs for students with special needs. She is interested in the topics of professional development for teachers and high quality pre-service education.

• Chapter 1 Educational IntegrityChapter 2 Standards of ProfessionalismChapter 3 Everyday Challenges To Educational ValuesChapter 4 Dealing with Conflicts of InterestChapter 5 Borderline ActionsChapter 6 Difficulties in "Doing the Right Thing"Chapter 7 Experiencing Accusations of MisconductChapter 8 Decision Making for Individual StudentsChapter 9 Administering and Interpreting Test ResultsChapter 10 Integrity in Staff InteractionsChapter 11 Working with ParentsChapter 12 Behavior ManagementChapter 13 Maintaining Integrity in LifeChapter 14 A Call to ActionChapter 15 Conclusion

Ethical issues are extremely important to teaching today in both special and general education. National education policies like NCLB tend to create many more ethical dilemmas for teachers. This is especially true for teachers who try to serve the needs of children and represent realities to their administrators, parents, and colleagues while living with increasingly irrational, unrealistic demands for their performance and the performance of their students.