Ethical, Moral & Lgl Issues in Ed (EDU 606)
Term: 2015-2016 Academic Year Spring
Schedule
Fri, 4:30 PM - 7:40 PM (1/20/2016 - 5/15/2016) Location: MAIN KELLE K222
Sat, 8:30 AM - 1:40 PM (1/20/2016 - 5/15/2016) Location: MAIN KELLE K222
Description
This course will focus on the study of ethical theory and its application to selected moral and legal issues in education. Examination of the ways in which educational leaders are responsible for change and decision-making, especially as they relate to diversity and special needs of students will be addressed. This course will explore the meaning of morality and offer a practical ethical theory that can be applied to the situations educators often face on a daily basis. The course also will consider the role conscience plays in moral decisions that may influence policies and procedures affecting the lives of others. Utilizing a problem-based approach that recognizes the ambiguity inherent within situations that school leaders confront, this course will offer participants a cogent and clear ethical framework to address moral and legal issues. The course will provide a critique of the educator's own moral sensitivity in relation to instructional and curricular choices and in relation to