Deliberation, belonging and inclusion: towards ethical teaching in a democratic South Africa. Issue 3 (1st September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davids, Nuraan
• Is Part Of: Ethics and education. Volume 11:Issue 3(2016)
• Page Start: 274
• Page End: 285
• Publication Date: 2016-09-01
• Subjects: Ethical judgement -- identity -- teaching profession -- deliberation -- belonging -- inclusion; Education -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Education -- Aims and objectives -- Periodicals; Education -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Moral education -- Periodicals; 370.1
• DOI: 10.1080/17449642.2016.1241035
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-9642

Abstract

Abstract: The teaching profession in South Africa, like elsewhere in the world, is regulated by the specific codes of conduct, as stipulated by the South African Council for Educators (SACE). While common criticisms against SACE include failing to ensure the registration of all teachers, and not adequately dealing with the unprofessional conduct of teachers, it is the question of whether SACE can act as an ethical regulator, which attracts the most attention. Seemingly, there exists a tension between the legalistic approach to ethical deliberation, as contained in SACE, and the real experiences of teachers, which teachers argue, are neither understood nor taken into account by SACE. In considering whether it is at all possible to teach teachers how to act ethically, or how to use their ethical judgement, the article turns its attention to the inter-related practices of deliberation, belonging and inclusion, as manifestations of ethical teaching.