Leaning on the conservative side: Teachers’ morality: Leaning on the conservative side: More is expected from them on the way they think, speak and act as compared with other professions. Minimal pay is at times blamed as the culprit for some misdemeanors of teachers.

Teaching is a moral endeavor Katedra pedagogiky FHPV PU THE MORAL NATURE OF TEACHER´S PROFFESSION MORÁLNA PODSTATA UČITEĽSKEJ PROFESIE Petra Muráriková (2016) Teaching is a moral endeavor teachers would need to know what is good, right, caring, and virtuous and be able to enact those things in their practice they would need to know what contribute most effectively to their students’ moral development, and be able to incorporate those things into their teaching practice

PREPARATION OF TEACHERS FOR THE MORAL NATURE OF THEIR WORK no such label as “Morally Developed” since our life is infused with obligations for personal growth aiming not to change their system of values but to sensitize them to the moral nature of their work Concern: no special attention is paid to the moral nature of the teaching profession.

Reason: Emphasis on cognitive theories connected to teaching and learning, effective approaches to measurement and assessment, classroom management strategies, and other aspects that, while naturally important, are rarely viewed from a moral or ethical perspective.” Teacher educators should be creating opportunities to situate moral dispositions as central aspects of teacher preparation and assessment. Continuing moral development program for teachers

Teachers As Role Models Teaching Characters and Moral Virtues By: Angela Lumpkin JOPERD Vol. 79 No. 2 (2015) Too much emphasis on content, skills and competencies. There is the tendency to overlook ethics and morals

Josephson Institute of Ethics (2006)

Survey on how they see dishonesty

Teachers must emphasize integrity: Integrity means consistently doing what is right, even when it would be easier to do something that is personally more beneficial. A person of integrity behaves in virtuous ways, such as keeping promises and refraining from lying, cheating, and stealing. When held up to public scrutiny, teachers with integrity are viewed as morally sound models for young people to follow.

Teachers should emphasize the importance of exercising self-control and restraint when challenged and when responding to any adverse situation. It is essential that teachers educate students not to rationalize their unprincipled behaviors and instead to use the moral-reasoning process when making decisions.

Teachers must serve as role models of character by making professional judgments and decisions based on societal and moral virtues.