Sharing at Chan Shu Kui Memorial School

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Sharing at Chan Shu Kui Memorial School

• on
• Conduct and Ethics of
• The Education Profession
• Dr. Robin Cheung
• Principal
• Tsung Tsin College
• 30.9.2008

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Good Teaching involves

• Knowledge content (subject matter)
  pedagogical-content
• Skills
• Dispositions
• Teaching Relationships

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What is missing in that view?
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Values fundamental
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Vulnerabilities

• Knowledge outdated, half-truths
• Skills egoistic, inadequate
• Disposition seeking popularity heart
  over mind or vice-versa
• Relationships manipulative - fostering
  dependency, hero-worship
  idolization

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• Case 1
• To sacrifice one
• to save all!
• What values have been
• violated?

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What Ethical Values are there for Teachers of
Hong Kong?

• Code for the Education Profession of Hong Kong
• Teachers Core Values as the
• foundation of the Teacher Competencies
  Framework (TCF) underneath the superstructure
  (Knowledge, Skills Attributes)

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What values or ethics are they about?

• The Professional Code
• Obligations
• to the profession, pupils, colleagues,
  employers, parents/guardians the general
  public
• Rights
• as a professional as an employee

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Professional Code
A code of practice with a self-regulatory
mechanism is a hallmark of a true profession
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What values or ethics are we talking about?

• The 6 Core Values in TCF
• Belief that all pupils can learn
• Love and care for pupils
• Respect for diversity
• Commitment dedication to the profession
• Collaboration, sharing team spirit
• Passion for continuous learning excellence

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Accountability

• Vertical
• upwards
• - to management
• - to the government /
• community
• downward
• - to the students
• - to conscience
• Horizontal
• -to colleagues
• -to the profession

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Great Expectations for Teachers

• Responsible adults, men women of integrity
  lifelong learners
• Engineers of the students souls
• Architects of learning experience
• Members of a professional community
• Vs
• Black Sheep!

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A disgrace to the profession!
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• Be professional,
• but
• protect yourself!
• Handout

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Money Advantages
• receiving / handling (temptation)
• other favors
• gifts, non-monetary advantages
• school guidelines

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Relationships with members of the opposite sex
• Colleagues harassment (verbal /physical)
• Students erotic / romantic relationships
• (opposite-sex or same-sex)

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Caution

• zero misunderstanding language / behavior
• open door policy
• never alone with her/ him
• set boundaries discreet distance
• (Are intimate nicknames appropriate ?)
• minimum physical contact
• role charity your are their teacher, not
  their equal or buddy

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• Case 2
• To cheat to survive!
• Is this phenomenon
• common?

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Teaching Learning
• outdated information knowledge
• untruths / half-truths
• no or little preparation for lessons
• joking, rambling, idling not teaching
• verbal abuse / frequent use of R- strategies
  punishment
• exam scripts undue tips to boost marks

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Use of ICT
• surfing accessing adult stuff and letting
  down your guard
• improper communication through ICQ, SMS, Blogs
• gradual slide into indulgence misdeeds

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Daily Dresses
• ignoring the principle of decency
  appropriateness
• young age vulnerable to temptations /
  distractions / bad models

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• Case 3
• Lets be free and merry!
• Why should teachers be
• responsible for
• their students after school?

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Extra-curricular Activities
• achieving no or little educational purpose no
  development of students MI
• taking advantage of close contacts with
  students
• not accountable to parents or school ethical
  / legal implications

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Some Pitfalls to Avoid in the Daily Life as a
Teacher

• Relationships with Colleagues
• common problems
• badmouthing
• hitch-hiking
• subversion
• insubordination
• withholding information
• balkanization
• matter of character, ethics maturity

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• Why are you heaping such a heavy moral burden on
  teachers?
• Are they not autonomous
• and thinking people
• and
• able to make choices?
• Can teaching be value-free?

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• Teaching is basically an
• ethical and moral
• Undertaking.
• A litmus test
• If you are a parent yourself,
• what do you expect
• your kids teacher
• to be like
• and to do?

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Teachers Rewards

• A fair wage for a good days work
• Reap what we sow !
• Stories

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• Tribute
• to
• the great teachers
• in
• our lives!

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• Thank You!