AN ETHICAL DIMENSION TO DISCIPLINE AND TEACHERS' USE OF POWER

Authors

  • Arasomwan Endurance Osawaru Department of Educational Foundations, University of Benin, Nigeria
  • B O J Omatseye Institute of Education, University of Benin, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35386/ser.v17i1.18

Keywords:

Discipline, Teacher Power, Ethics

Abstract

Schools have rules and codes of conduct that students are expected to abide by and respect. But when students go against these, and break the rules, then discipline becomes imperative. The implication is that rules and codes of conduct have ethical implications, where ethics is concerned with how a moral person ought to behave. In this same vein, it is expected that in disciplining, teachers should take an ethical posture. This defines who the moral person is. In essence, a teacher who has to enforce discipline must firstly make ethical decisions on it. In this regard, ethical decision making requires more than a belief on the importance of ethics of discipline, it also requires ethical sensitivity.

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Published

2017-12-04

How to Cite

Osawaru, A. E., & Omatseye, B. O. J. (2017). AN ETHICAL DIMENSION TO DISCIPLINE AND TEACHERS’ USE OF POWER. Sokoto Educational Review, 17(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.35386/ser.v17i1.18

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017): Sokoto Educational Review

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