A Five-Country Survey on Ethics Education in Preservice Teaching Programs

Bibliographic Data

ID4307607
AuthorsBruce Maxwell (0000-0002-8632-5599, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, corresponding author), Audrée-Anne Tremblay-Laprise (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières), Marianne Filion (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada), Helen Boon (0000-0003-3842-9622, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia), Caroline Daly (0000-0002-5994-3279, University College London, UK), Mariette Van Den Hoven (0000-0003-1416-0972, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands), Ruth Heilbronn (0000-0002-7075-2887, University College London, UK), Myrthe Lenselink (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands), Sue Walter, Sue Walters (0000-0001-5300-8127, University College London, UK)
Year2016
Volume67
Issue2
Pages135-151
Publication date2016-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022487115624490
OpenAlexW2255445672
LanguageEN
Citations received22
References cited30

Despite a broad consensus on the ethical dimensions of the teaching profession, and long-standing efforts to align teacher education with wider trends in professional education, little is known about how teacher candidates are being prepared to face the ethical challenges of contemporary teaching. This article presents the results of an international survey on ethics content and curriculum in initial teacher education (ITE). Involving five Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) countries-the United States, England, Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands-the study's findings shed light on teacher educators' perspectives on the contribution of ethics content to the education of future teachers and provide a snapshot of how well existing programs line up with their aspirations. The results showed that 24% of the ITE programs surveyed contain at least one mandatory stand-alone ethics course. The meaning of the results vis-à-vis opportunities for expanding ethics education in preservice teaching programs is also discussed

Curriculum · Face (sociological concept) · Higher education · Meaning (existential) · Pedagogy · Political science · Professional ethics · Social science · Sociology · Teacher education · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Ethics in Business and Education · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Psychology