Ethical Practice in Adult Education. ERIC Digest No. 116.

Autor/in	Imel, Susan
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Ethical Practice in Adult Education. ERIC Digest No. 116.
Quelle	(1991), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Educators; Codes of Ethics; Educational Planning; Moral Values; Needs Assessment; Program Development; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungsplanung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Bedarfsermittlung; Programmplanung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	R. G. Brockett in two recent articles (1988, 1990) has proposed a model for helping adult educators think about their decision making relative to ethical issues. This model describes a process that allows adult educators to draw upon their basic values in making practice decisions. The model's three interrelated dimensions or levels of ethical practice are as follows: personal value system, consideration of multiple responsibilities, and operationalization of values. Whether they acknowledge them or not, adult educators encounter ethical dilemmas in their practice on a daily basis. Some common ethical dilemmas occur in teaching adults and in program planning. A teacher may encounter ethical dilemmas when his/her personal value system regarding the appropriate conduct of the learning situation conflicts with that of students and when other responsibilities conflict with teaching or are given a higher priority than the teaching role. Two areas of ethical dilemmas are encountered in program planning: those affiliated with needs, whether "felt" or "expressed" or whether unacknowledged by the learner; and those related to fee structures. Brockett (1990) suggests the following ideas for promoting ethical practice in adult education: examine oneself, reflect on ethics in practice, examine the practices of other professions, and encourage and support a research agenda on ethics. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC