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Reflective Journaling: Fostering Dispositional Development In Preservice Teachers, Jeffrey Labelle, Gabrielle Belknap
Reflective Journaling: Fostering Dispositional Development In Preservice Teachers, Jeffrey Labelle, Gabrielle Belknap
College of Education Faculty Research and Publications
This study investigated the self-identified dispositions of 183 preservice teachers enrolled in a required philosophy of education course. The researchers coded their reflective journaling for the two essential NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) dispositions of fairness and the belief that all students can learn, as well as for other recurring, self-identified dispositions. These preservice teachers self-identified fairness much more frequently than the belief that all students can learn. The results point to additional recurring dispositional themes for consideration: critical thinking, caring, openness, moral education, and individual freedom. Further examination of the data revealed great variation in the …
Being Ethically Minded: Practising The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In An Ethical Manner, Ruth L. Healey, Tina Bass, Johnette Caulfield, Adam Hoffman, Michelle K. Mcginn, Janice Miller-Young, Martin Haigh
Being Ethically Minded: Practising The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning In An Ethical Manner, Ruth L. Healey, Tina Bass, Johnette Caulfield, Adam Hoffman, Michelle K. Mcginn, Janice Miller-Young, Martin Haigh
College of Professional Studies Faculty Research and Publications
The authors propose of a working definition of ethical Scholarship and Teaching and Learning (SoTL), advance an ethical framework for SoTL inquiry, and present a case study that illustrates the complexity of ethical issues in SoTL. The Ethical SoTL Matrix is a flexible framework designed to support SoTL practitioners, particularly in the formative stages of their inquiries. Three dominant ethical traditions form the basis of the matrix: teleological or pragmatic, external, and deontological. The key message of the paper is that SoTL practitioners should reflect on different perspectives in their efforts to do what is right in any given situation. …