The Moral Dimensions of Teaching (Jossey-Bass Education)

Book Overview

"[The authors] artfully piece together important essays ineducational policy and philosophy. . . . The book deals in detailwith such issues as teacher professionalization, moralresponsibility of public schools, accountability, and ethical codesof practice. Must reading for teachers, administrators, andprofessors in schools and departments of education."
--Choice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555426379
• ISBN13: 9781555426378
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Compliment's Goodlad's Other Writings Well...

...especially TEACHER'S OF OUR NATIONS SCHOOLS. Bull's chapter on the limitations of teacher professionalism will show that the wall moves as the students' needs arise. I think this chapte necessitates the chapter on legal responsibilities of teaching. Ethics (a la J.R. Nash) fits uncomfortably within the crack between these two issues. Like all of his other writings, Goodlad continues to expouse a renewal for teaching as a practice that integrates theory, research, teacher education, and practice into a seamless system.