Parents we need not look very far to see the impact - that a lack of ethics can have on society. Aside from instilling values at home, what role if any should early childhood educators play to instill a sense of ethical responsibility in children?
Researching ethical paradigms implemented for early childhood educators led me to a comprehensive framework used across the pond in Australia (Early Childhood Australia Inc.). The Early Childhood Australia Code of Ethics is based on the premise that wise moral decisions will always acknowledge our 
interdependency; our moral choices are ours alone, but they [our moral choices] bind us all to those who will be affected by them. The world has changed for children & families, and the world has also changed for early childhood educators. Given these factors, it's essential that parents and educators conduct a point analysis to ensure that ethics is, and will remain a central part of early childhood educational programs. A few points from the Australian ethics model for early educators include: respect, honesty, integrity, courage, inclusiveness and social/cultural responsiveness. Did you conduct your check point analysis? If so, are the educators at your child's school making the ethics grade? BWrightParents
interdependency; our moral choices are ours alone, but they [our moral choices] bind us all to those who will be affected by them. The world has changed for children & families, and the world has also changed for early childhood educators. Given these factors, it's essential that parents and educators conduct a point analysis to ensure that ethics is, and will remain a central part of early childhood educational programs. A few points from the Australian ethics model for early educators include: respect, honesty, integrity, courage, inclusiveness and social/cultural responsiveness. Did you conduct your check point analysis? If so, are the educators at your child's school making the ethics grade? BWrightParents
Not to sound cynical or anything, but innocent children are being contaminated by less than noble teachers and parents. Someone needs to step up the ethical debate look what the adult outcome is – bad behavior, bad business practices, illegal activity, lack of responsibility, just to name a few. Thanks for starting dialogue, corrective measures should start sooner rather than later so listen up . educators.
ReplyDeleteHappy with my choice to opt for religious based teaching for my children. Prayer works! oh separation of church and state debate - let's go there. Again Prayer in School - works!
ReplyDeletesometimes a student displays less than behavior that is inappropriate for school. instead of consulting parents, and isolating the child with time out, the student remains with the student body. thus infecting other students with the same sub culture behavior. teachers should play an active role to dismantle such behavior so that it does not spread, but often times we do not, and wow unto the unsuspecting parent and wow unto the child's future at school. PAY attention mom & pop.
ReplyDeleteI'm a parent of two sons. I think that this is a great topic. What parents need to know is that some preschool teachers are products of their environments, are young, and their immature value systems can inadverently get pass down to your child. Take a law enforcement approach, and background check teachers as best you can.
ReplyDeleteNot against prayer in school by any means. Just feel that prayer in school does not necessarly guarantee ethics among teachers. It should, but nothing is absolute.
ReplyDeleteAll is peaching for the most part in the state of GA. States need to demand more from early childhood educators. What's going on?
ReplyDeletesates do not have $$ to allocate to early childhood education, although this is an essential issue. if teachers are making low wages, can we really expect an ethical enviornment? not to say that ethics directly relates to high salaries (wallstreet abolished this concept). but teaching is a labor of LOVE. which is all that is need to teach children ethics.
ReplyDeleteWhat many parents fail to realize, is that the Penal Colony and Preschool have similar rules of engagement. With teachers acting as officers – children are expected to conform instead of assert their individuality. Backlash from a scorn teacher can come in many forms. As a law enforcement officer, one form that was particularly glaring is the “softening” up of the males. That’s right, techniques used in the penal system can find there way into the preschool nearest you. And often, this is a direct result of the teachers themselves encouraging this “softening.” Not because it’s deemed easier for creating a controlled environment, but because that is the environment from which many of our preschool teachers have evolved via their socialization and it spills over into the preschool classroom.
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