Ethics and Moral Issues in Education

Course Code:

ED 360

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

2

Lab:

0

Credits:

2

ECTS:

3

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

Teachers who can experience moral dilemmas need guidance during their professional lives. Teachers may have to make a choice about sharing a situation with a colleague, trying to get help from a charitable collector, and sometimes how to behave by trusting their intuition. In some cases, it is not even possible to realize that the exhibited behavior is ethical. With this course; it is aimed to provide awareness about moral education, moral dilemma, ethics, professional ethics and professional ethics of teaching.

Course Content:

Basic concepts and theories about moral and ethics; professional ethics social, cultural, moral, ethical aspects of teaching profession; ethical principles in the process of education, training; ethical principles in relation to educational stakeholders (employers / managers, colleagues, parents, professional organizations and society); ethical responsibilities of education / school administrators, parents and students; unethical behavior in professional life; moral / ethical education and ethics in the school

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4: Simulation, 5: Case Study

Course Evaluation Methods:

1. Written exam, 2. multiple-choice test, 3. Space-filling, 4. Right-Wrong type, 5. Oral examination, 6. Portfolio

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Having knowledge of past, basic though and principles of the PCG, and implementing PCG					X
2	Comprehending meaning and importance of the coordination, consultation/consulting and supervision in the PCG field, and implementing them					X
3	Having knowledge of ethical rules accepted by national and international PCG associations, and implementing them				X
4	Learning to accept everyone as they are / with all kind of features by the multicultural approach			X
5	Learning theories/information about cultural awareness, cultural social justice, solution of conflicts, and other cultural behaviors; for development and health of human soul, mind and body, and implementing them					X
6	Learning theories related to the development, learning and personality development so as to facilitate positive development and wellness of individual for his/her life time, and implementing them		X
7	Understanding the environmental factors affecting normal and abnormal behaviors, psychopathology, disability conditions and crisis during his/her development process,		X
8	Learning and implementing the career consulting, processes, techniques and sources, career development and decision-making model so as to include those applied to certain groups in the global economy		X
9	Learning psychological consulting theories, being aware and use of intervention techniques suitable for counselees in practice				X
10	Learning group process, roles and behaviors of group members, group working, therapeutic factors, and principles and techniques of group dynamics containing developmental stages		X
11	Learning varieties and skills of being group leader and implementing them			X
12	Gaining understanding to assess individual and group approaches within framework of multicultural society					X
13	Comprehending and implementing standardized and non-standardized tests containing the environmental assessment, performance assessment, individual and group assessments and inventory methods, psychological testing, and behavioral observations, as well as basic concepts of other assessment techniques					X
14	Learning qualitative and quantitative scientific research methods, comprehending importance to make research in the field of PCG and to present results in written, and implementing them				X
15	Learning how to use internet and technology for accessing information, sharing information, professional development and data analysis					X
16	Sticking to confidentiality principle in the PCG services, believing that benefiting from the PCG services is open to everyone for their life time on voluntarily basis				X
17	Understanding the barriers before education of students who need special education and supporting students in these fields		X

Learning Outcomes Students,	Program Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Explains the concepts of moral, moral dilemmas and moral vulnerability.	1, 2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 11	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the decision making theories in moral dilemmas.	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 11	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the factors effecting decision making in moral dilemmas.	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 11	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the concepts of morals and ethics.	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 13	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains ethics, types of ethics and professional ethics.	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 13	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the situations related to professional ethics in Turkey and in the World.	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 13	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the teaching profession ethics and ethical principles in relation to educational stakeholders	2,3,5,6,7,8, 4, 13	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6
Explains the ethical codes.	1, 4, 13	1.,2.,4	1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6

COURSE WORK CALENDER
Week	Subject	Preparation
1	Morals
2	Moral dilemma
3	Moral vulnerability
4	Decision making theories in moral dilemmas
5	Factors effecting decision making in moral dilemmas
6	Moral and ethics
7	Ethics
8	Types of ethics
9	Professional ethics
10	Situations related to Professional ethics in the world
11	Situations related to Professional ethics in Turkey
12	Teaching profession ethics
13	Ethical principles in relation to educational stakeholders
14	Ethical codes

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook	Koçyiğit, M., Tekel, E. ve Karadağ, E. (2018). Eğitimde Ahlak ve Etik. Nobel akademik Yayıncılık.
Additional Resources	http://orgm.meb.gov.tr/

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Assignments
Exams

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms	1	40
Quizzes	2	10
Assignment	1	50
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

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ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	15	2	30
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	15	2	30
Mid-terms	1	5	5
Kısa Sınav	1	5	5
Ödev	1	6	6
Final examination
Total Work Load			76
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			3,1
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

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