Strengthening Morality and Ethics in Educational Assessment through "Ubuntu" in South Africa

Autor/in	Beets, Peter A. D.
Titel	Strengthening Morality and Ethics in Educational Assessment through "Ubuntu" in South Africa
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 44 (2012), S.68-83 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00796.x
Schlagwörter	Caring; Educational Assessment; Foreign Countries; Ethics; Moral Values; Evaluation Methods; Teacher Evaluation; Accountability; Student Needs; Educational Policy; Educational Principles; Academic Achievement; Teacher Effectiveness; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Ausland; Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Verantwortung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsprinzip; Schulleistung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	While assessment is regarded as integral to enhancing the quality of teaching and learning, it is also a practice fraught with moral and ethical issues. An analysis is made of current assessment practices of teachers in South Africa which seem to straddle the domains of accountability and professional codes of conduct. In the process the position of the teacher as mediator between policies and diverse learner needs is explored in the light of moral and ethical considerations. Based on the notions of ethical caring and caring about, the article suggests the infusing of principles of "ubuntu" in assessment practices may provide a framework to embed and strengthen morality and ethics in South African school assessment practices. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10