CHAPTER 3ETHICAL ISSUES

AMONG THE TEACHERS

By:Farah Natasha binti Kamaludin

Atikah Munirah binti Abdul Karim

CONTENTTeachers’ politeness

Teachers’ care/concernTeachers’ appearanceBusiness in schoolPart time careerTime managementFinancial management

TEACHERS’ POLITENESS

• behaving in a way that is socially correct and

shows understanding of and care for other people's feelings

• Politeness : procedure, custom/ habit that occurs in community that helps build

bonding relationship

Characteristics of politeness :

be sincere, honest, kind, caring and willing to sacrifice be thankful and grateful brave and able to conduct any

misconduct respect other people non-hostile and not hurting other

people warm and generous

Nature of politeness:

kind humorous patient responsible confident leadership

TEACHERS’ CAREHall, George, and Rutherford, 1977 :• A composite representation of the

feelings, thoughts, and attention given to certain issues or

tasks

• Care : combination of feelings, thoughts and attention given to the issues that

teachers face while implementing their daily duties

A teacher should :

be aware of changes be interested in changes recognize the pupils manage changes assess the impact of

changes work with colleagues make improvements

Fuller , Parsons and Watkins (1974), categorized care into 3 levels:CARE IN TERMS OF SELF ACTUALIZATION

- Daily life managements- Teacher’s personal concern (does not

interfere with or affects the works

CARE TOWARDS THE JOB OF TEACHING- Concerned about the materials, methods and

teaching workloads- Try to understand pupils’ perspectives and

opinion of the teacher’s teaching

CONCERN OVER THE IMPACT OF TEACHING- Involves teacher’s observation of the effectiveness of teaching and pupils’ achievement

TEACHERS’ APPEARENCE

Stewart, 2005:• Teacher’s appearance :personality or

traits that reflect the success of a professional teacher

(responsible, creative, empathetic nature and professionalism)• Appearance : how someone presents : show an admirable and noble character

A teacher should :

open, able to accept opinions

engage in dialogue professionally

well-mannered able to raise

pleasant effect

APPEARANCE

APPEARANCE FOR DIFFERENCES

- Skill in recognizing the pupils

- (socio-economic background, culture, religion and gender)

APPEARANCE IN DIALOGUE

- Communicate effectively

DISILLUTIONMENT

- Perceptions about his actions

- Sensitive to the diversity in the environment

DEMOCRACY

- Upholds pure democracy and practices in daily life

- Equal opportunities

BUSINESS IN SCHOOL• Teacher should fulfil their

responsibility as a teacher• Eager to conduct businesses and

forget about the responsibilities• Violating the school ethics of

public service• Teacher who indulge in business :

reprimaded by administration and appropriate action should be taken

PART TIME CAREER• Educators- civil servants ( subjected to the

rules of the Government General Orders)• Apply permission to work part-time• Teachers must adhere to the Code of

Ethics for Teacher• Make sure the job is not implemented

during working hours & does not affect his official work• For example : conducting tuition

TIME MANAGEMENT• Effective planning of time• Encompasses 2 dimensions :i. Management of teacher’s timeii. Instilling the importance of time management among the pupils• Consistent in its implementation. ( plan teaching and learning time )

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

• Categorised into 2 aspects :

Managing money while working

Managing personal and family finance

- Collection of ‘suwa’ like pupils’ fees, donation, public donation. (honest)

- Teacher must be accountable for funds collected

- Practice moderation - Be cautions when shopping, do not

indulge in extravagant lifestyle- Differentiate between needs and luxuries- Spending wisely- Need to save for future

TUTORIAL- Music box- Mini simulations