First (1), According to the Code of Ethics we should “value the worth and dignity of every person.” As a teacher, one could uphold this by having each student make a student profile. Each month the teacher would post two or more student profiles on the wall for the duration of the month. On these profiles, students can list their age, hobbies, favorite things, future dream job and more. Students in the class will be able to view each other’s profiles during the month to learn more about their classmates. Every student is apart of the class, not just the one’s who preform well or exemplify positive behavior. By using student profiles, every student has the opportunity to feel valued in their classroom. The goal of the education system is that no child will be left behind. Many students come from backgrounds and families where they may not be shown value. An educator should be a person in every child’s life that show’s them how valued they are, not only as a student, but also as a human being.
Second (2), According to the Code of Ethics we should value “the pursuit of truth.” A teacher should teach honesty to their students no matter what age. Teachers could choose a book to read in class that teaches the topic of honesty, after reading the book the teacher can have the students reflect on what is means to be honest and how they can be honest in their classroom. Teachers should also teach their students that it is important to be honest in every situation, even if they have done something wrong. Teachers could award students with honesty cards, if the student tells the truth in a situation. Students could then collect honesty cards to turn in for certain privileges such as a homework pass or being able to each lunc...
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...cher could using voting to see what students prefer doing, whether it’s an assignment, a class event or a field trip. By doing this, the teacher is teaching their each students the importance of each person’s vote and shows that the teacher is valuing their opinion. A secondary teacher could use the student’s votes to figure out what the books the class would prefer reading over the duration of the school year. In lower grades, teachers could set up buckets that represent different incentives that students can choose from. When students are awarded a star for good behavior, they can choose which bucket their star goes into and at the end of the month the bucket with the most stars, is the incentive the class earns. By implementing a democratic system in the classroom the students will be encouraged to voice their opinion and understand the value of their opinion.
The students must trust that the teacher has their best interest at heart. This trust will help build a positive relationship between student and teacher. This is important for giving the students a sense of purpose, as they will then be more motivated to succeed. This allows them to be more active in class activities and engage in discussion. Not only is trust important between teacher and student, but also between students. A student should not fear ridicule when providing their opinion or an answer. This is a teacher’s responsibility to establish a sense of community by allowing students to get to know each other and develop positive relationships throughout the entire classroom. Students must be made aware that it’s our differences that make us unique, but it’s our similarities that make us human. The classroom should be a place of acceptance, where every student’s well-being is
According to Jones, Burks, and Jones (1936) there are many different ways that a classroom can strengthen or hinder a students self worth; for example, relationships between students, class activities, interests, and personalities. Research has shown that many young children in school prefer friendships with peers of the same s...
Taylor Mali, an American slam poet and teacher, wrote a poem titled, “What Teachers Make”. In this poem, he rhythmically tells about other professions criticizing teachers based on their choice of occupation. While teachers will never earn six figure incomes, they make a difference. Teachers dedicate their lives to leading, inspiring, and educating future generations, all while earning meager pay. Though teachers form foundation of education, their pay does not accurately represent their skills. Using merit pay systems will properly assess how much a teacher should be paid, based on their teaching ability.
To help students to feel capable, connected and contributing (or the three C’s) Linda Albert asks us to make five fundamental changes to our classrooms, or what she calls “Paradigm Shifts in Cooperative Discipline” (see figure 2). Firstly, we need to move away from a “hands-on” or “hands-clenched” approach to discipline, which is an authoritarian style of classroom discipline, to a “hands-joined” or democratic style of classroom management. Secondly, we need to recognize that student behavior is a choice, and not caused by some outside force, though these forces may influence student behavior it is ultimately the student’s decision on how they will act in your classroom. Thirdly, she asks us to abandon our long list of classroom rules and replace it with a concise code of conduct; shifting the classroom atmosph...
One of the most treasured and cherished virtues any human beings can possess is honesty. William Damon is a professor of education at Stanford University, director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. In his essay, “The Death of Honesty” which was published by the hoover institute at Harvard University in 2012, Williams explains how dishonesty has been accepted in the world of today. He discussed the increase in the “death of honest.” William Damon utilized logos to convince his targeted audience on the current state of honesty within one’s professional, religious, political, academic and personal links. This essay appeal to varieties of people among which includes young and old adults,
The goal of education is to develop the highest level of mental, moral and physical ability within students. Ethics are just as important as factual knowledge and physical well-being. Sadly, public schools in this country are against ethical expression of any kind. Ethics are a threat to the school system because they may encourage a need for change in the present standard of education, which is decidedly anti-ethical. In U.S. public schools, students are processed through a well-built machine designed to perpetuate the status quo. Any ethical conflict that a student might have is treated like a malfunction in need of repair. The present school systems prefers cold self-interest to any sense of compassion and I believe that self interest is not a form of morality that children should be taught.
Teachers help us expand and open our mind by giving us skills throughout students’ early life to help students when they are older. By learning information from teachers, students become better people, in a couple of ways. Besides inquiring knowledge from their teachers, students learn to work with one another, open their mind to other peoples’ thoughts and ideas, respect one another, and learn different techniques for life’s issues.
One day at the beginning of September, as students filled the classroom, the teacher provided an explanation about honesty. As she spoke, everybody’s ears perked up to her, and she stated that it was time for people to tell the truth because it is the right thing to do. I sat there within my chair in the fourth row, thinking, but immediately knew the action I was going to do. As the class period ended I stood up, and walked straight to the teacher saying “I’m going to be honest with you, and tell you the truth.” The teacher with brown hair stood there smiling ear to ear as I came out. Following this action I walked down the hall, immediately I took out my phone, and texted my parents about my actions. I walked to my next class proud of the honesty I showed, and I did the right thing. Everyone’s papers were similar, as people worked together. The teacher frowned upon all of us, but I stood up by doing the right thing, and told her the truth, and that is how every situation should be resolved. The honesty that I displayed, regarding this issue, hopefully will regain my teacher’s trust, so that she can look for me for honesty of events. The actions that took place were not allowed, but I did not know that at the time, but I told the truth no matter what the consequence may be. One wise man once stated, “work smarter, not harder” so the students had worked together in order to help one another. Upon submitting the assignment, the teacher was very disappointed with the students. I stepped up and told the truth by saying, “yeah I helped other students on their work, and students helped me on my homework”. I knew the consequence might not be what I was looking for, but it was the right thing to do in showing courage to step up right away, and tell the truth. With myself stepping up and stating the truth, others came to me
Teaching in schools, and being ethical while teaching have been complex activities that occur within different and entangled webs of ethical, moral, social, historical, cultural and political relationships and settings. We need to redefine the role of teacher and a valuable way to think about the ongoing education of teachers...
Education is a very important aspect of our lives. It is our education that makes us who we are and determines what we become. Therefore, education is not something to be taken lightly. As a teacher, my goal will be to provide the best possible education for my students. Every student is unique. I must see students for who they are individually and respect their ideas and opinions. Each student has a different learning style. I must take this into consideration because I want to provide a constructive learning opportunity for every student. I believe that every student has the potential to learn.
To begin, we need to understand the nature of students. The nature of students varies between individuals. The majority of students are well-behaved and come to school ready to learn. Part of this is due to the way they have been raised, but most students are basically good. There is a small percent of students whose nature, it seems, is to make everyone miserable. I do not know if this is because of a difficult childhood at home or because the student just likes to be the center of attention. Either way, there are always students that will give their teachers a hard time. I guess this is their nature. Every individual is different, therefore, the nature of the students I will teach some day will be different depending on their background and other various things that may happen to them as they grow up. For example, a student that has lost a sibling due to an illness or accident, may become very bitter throughout life. The nature of this student’s behavior which is being shaped by this may make this student a cold-hearted and mean student. These are the students that teachers need to spend extra time with and try to make them feel loved, no matter how hard this may be. I, as a future teacher, need to look at students and try to help them out no matter how difficult that may be.
An effective teacher will excite, inspire and motivate students to be active in their learning, investigate new areas of knowledge and make connections to future learning (Whitton et al 2010). When a teacher is successful, their students are motivated, mutually respectful and ready to build on their knowledge and solve real-world problems. To be a teacher of value, one must have many skills and qualities to cater for a diversity of learners and their individual development; this includes many personal traits that are noticed students.
Teachers should follow and refer to a code of ethics to help teach in the most appropriate and ethical way; as well as a guide to help deal with dilemmas.
The least recognized, most important people in this world are the educators. They must work hard toward inventing a method to help each individual student “be all they can be!” Teachers must try to stimulate students to create a hunger for learning and to expand their success in life. Teachers should be obligated to the need for the student’s individuality. To be able to teach targeting to the students’ needs will make a difference not only in the student but also in the future of our society. Today’s students are tomorrow’s future.
Teachers hold a very sensitive role in the modern civilized society. Regarded as social engineers, teachers possess immense knowledge on various issues that affect our daily lives as a community of human beings. Though in many countries including the developed ones, teachers are poorly remunerated they make invaluable contributions to their communities, to society and to the world at large, engaging in yeoman services with selfless love and dedication that could only be considered priceless. This paper serves to explore some of the social contributions that teachers make to the modern civilized society.