Ethics

Skill developer:

HAMK School of Professional Teacher Education (Finland)

Ethics:

The ability of having a human approach when it comes to making ethical decisions. Understanding the context, the influencing factors and the emotions involved when making a judgement which is based on an innate sense of morality.

Objectives:

Applicant/educator

• is able to identify and follow one’s own ethical principles and values in teaching, guiding and assessing learners
• is able to act with learners, colleagues, stakeholders and the learning community in a fair and human way
• is able to respect the rights and interests of learners
• is able to comply with laws and regulations linked to teachers’ profession
• is able to analyse one’s ethical principles, actions and judgement in order to improve oneself as a teacher

Criteria which are needed to show your skills and knowledge related to this soft skill:

Applicant/educator:

• identifies and follow one’s own ethical principles and values in teaching, guiding and assessing learners
• acts with learners, colleagues, stakeholders and the learning community in a fair and human way
• respects the rights and interests of learners
• complies with laws and regulations linked to teachers’ profession
• analyses one’s ethical principles, actions and judgement in order to improve oneself as a teacher

How to improve this specific soft skill:

Listen to the SOSTRA podcast ( audio, 8:54 min)

or use other additional learning material listed here (when translating you may use national sources):

• Ethical principles of teaching: https://www.oaj.fi/en/education/ethical-principles-of-teaching/
• Ethical guidelines for teachers: https://www.teachingcouncil.ie/en/Publications/Fitness-to-Teach/Code-of-Professional-Conduct-for-Teachers.pdf

Show your skills:

Link your evidence to the badge application form

• Save some videos (max. 30 min) related to your teaching or guiding sessions which show the way you´re following ethical principles.
• Or write a learning diary/self-evaluation where you describe your teaching and guiding sessions where you have taken into account ethical principles and have faced situations reflecting the learning objectives and criteria (max length 1-2 pages).
  • How would you describe your ethical principles and values?
  • What is a fair and human way?
  • What it means when you respect the right and interests of learners?
  • Do you see a need for personal improvement in ethical issues?
• Or if you think some other evidence is relevant for this skill, please add documentation or insert the link of your evidence into the application form.

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Applications will not be graded and it is not possible to apply for badges after the piloting period has ended 1.5.2020.