Saturday, 18 August 2012

5.Ethical Boundaries for Teachers

Ethical Boundaries 



 The ethical boundaries of the teacher-student relationship have received a lot of negative press over the last decade. Intimate relationships between students and their teachers have been propelled to the national fore front, and with it, increased suspicion when it comes to teachers’ relationships to their pupils.  

What is Professionalism? 



Being an educator is increasingly being viewed as a professional occupation. The relationship between the client (in this case the student and their parents) and the practitioner (the teacher or academic institute) is a professional one. Ethical boundaries need to be established in order to protect both parties from the potential 
(or supposed) abuse of “power, control, and [or] influence” 

Source : (Aultman.et al.,2009)

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