From Disposition to Action: Bridging Moral/Ethical Reasoning and Social Justice Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Dotger, Benjamin H.; Theoharis, George T.
Titel	From Disposition to Action: Bridging Moral/Ethical Reasoning and Social Justice Leadership
Quelle	In: Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 6 (2008) 3, (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1703-5759
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Minority Group Students; Moral Values; Instructional Leadership; Leadership Responsibility; Decision Making; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Over fifty years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, students continue to be marginalized both in and outside of school. Students of color, students with disabilities, students learning English, students from low income families, students with differing sexual orientation, and other marginalized student groups continue to face inequitable opportunities in schools and the resulting disparate achievement (Frattura & Capper, 2007). This paper scrutinizes the intersection of moral reasoning (judgment) and decisions (actions) made by school leaders. While Kohlberg's (1969) theory of moral/ethical development grounds this discussion of professional ethics in educational leadership, the focus is on the work of the Neo-Kohlbergians (Rest et al., 1999) and their expanded examination of ethical components and schema that promote moral reasoning and decision making. The paper posits that it is their continued scrutiny and assessment of the moral psychological construct that must connect to discussions of ethics in educational leadership contexts. It goes to examine principals' scores on the Defining Issues Test, which measures shifts in moral schema as adults mature toward complex and integrated socio-centric perspectives. It concludes with implications for developing school leaders committed to social justice. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education. Unit 30, 37 Doon Drive, London ON, CAN N5X 3P1. Web site: http://www.ucea.org/initiatives/ucea-centre-study-leadership-ethics/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2018/4/11