1st Edition

Cultivating an Ethical School

By Robert J. Starratt Copyright 2012
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

Often the school is left as an institution seemingly ethically neutral, leaving untouched questions about whether the school itself is a site of injustice toward both educators and children. Springing from his well-known Building an Ethical School , Robert J. Starratt now looks more closely at the educational leader’s responsibility to ensure that the whole fabric of the educational process... Read more

Preface

Part I Foundations for Cultivating an Ethical School

Chapter 1 Cultivating an Ethical School in a Changing Context

Chapter 2 Foundational Qualities of an Ethical Person

Chapter 3 A Multidimensional Ethical Framework

Chapter 4 The Mapping of Moral Development

Chapter 5 The Geography of Human Development as Ethical Development

Part II Essentials for Cultivating an Ethical School

Chapter 6 The Moral Character of Learning

Chapter 7 The Ethics of Teaching

Chapter 8 Elements of an Ethical School

Chapter 9 Cultivating an Ethical School (co-authored with M. Bezzina)

Chapter 10 The Complexity of Ethical Living and Learning

 

Biography

Robert J. Starratt is Professor of Educational Leadership in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. He received the Roald Campbell Lifetme Achievement Award in the field of Educational Administration, awarded by UCEA in 2006.

"....in this recent volume, Starratt (Boston College) examines the philosophical and psychological foundations underlying his recommendations in the more practice-oriented sections of the earlier work. The author's long experience in the educational trenches is apparent in his treatment of the complex intellectual and social issues involved with ethical teaching in schools." ― K. Ryan, emeritus, Boston University, CHOICE