Reflective Essay: A Good Teacher… Standard 1: Development‚ learning‚ and motivation- A teacher has his or her own style or way of motivating their students. Motivation plays an important part in a student’s success of learning and development. There are times when teachers spend more time with their students than most parents do‚ thus‚ a teacher is fundamental in shaping their students success. If parents or teachers are poor leaders our children are the ones who are at a disadvantage. When
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Development of Moral Reasoning‚ Attitudes & Beliefs ( Kohlberg‚ Turiel‚ Gilligan) Lawrence Kohlberg • He established the Moral Judgement Interview in his original 1958 dissertation‚ the interviewer uses moral dilemmas to determine which stage of moral reasoning a person uses. • The dilemmas are fictional short stories that describe situations in which a person has to make a moral decision. • Kohlberg experimented on this theory by interviewing boys aged 10 to 16. They were presented moral dilemmas
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MORAL POLICING‚ WOMEN‚ MEDIA AND PERSONAL FREEDOMMoral policing is a controversial term. Its supporters say it is an important function to be performed to safeguard our culture against western influence and save our youth from corruption. Those who oppose it see it as a threat to individual freedom and democratic dissent. I would not have been interested in these debates till I saw them affecting my life as an individual and more so as a woman. What is morality? How moral policing is gender biased
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Curtis White: A Good Without Light In a world where carbon foot print‚ green initiatives and conservation efforts have become common place household words‚ a voice of irascible reasoning challenges the capitalist technocracy that created it. In his essay‚ “A Good Without Light”‚ Curtis White proposes that sustainability has taken on philosophical properties and is a futile attempt by empirical science to figure out ways to maintain the status quo without impacting social norms. He argues that
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It would be gross injustice to categorize all children and youths as lacking in manners and morals‚ but the general trend would certainly suggest there has been a major decline among many of them. Family values have changed dramatically in the past few decades‚ producing a crop of undisciplined teenagers and children who lack morals and manners as a result of poor training. Good manners were once the norm with young people very much aware the older generation. Saying "please" and "thank you"‚ giving
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Moral Responsibility Brian Hadley PHI200 Dr. Maul 11/26/12 Moral Responsibility Around the world‚ in many third world countries‚ human suffering is caused by many causes like ethnic cleansing‚ starvation‚ war‚ poor living conditions‚ natural disasters‚ and more. According to Peter Singer (1972) in his article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality” people and governments have not properly done enough to help others in emergency situations‚ like the situation in East Bengal during the 1970’s where
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Moral Judgements Jakob Bronowski’s book‚ "Science and Human Values" argues that the scientific method of inquiry into reality provides a generally applicable foundation for moral judgement. Bronowski says‚ "in order to keep the study in a manageable field. I will continue to choose a society in which the principle of truth rules. Therefore the society which I will examine is that formed by scientists themselves: it is the body of scientists" (Bronowski 58). Bronowski makes it clear in his book
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prolong suffering unnecessarily it is morally acceptable to choose the more humane option 2. the conventional model makes decisions on irrelevant grounds bowel obstruction is irrelevant grounds to make a life or death decision 3. conventional makes no moral distinction between killing and letting die 4. most common arguments in favor of passive euthanasia are invalid medical ethics suggest that withholding treatment is permissible but actively killing the patient is forbidden Example: Painful throat
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SHOULD WE BE MORAL??? Being moral is a choice free from both internal and external factors. Unless we have some convincing reasons for being moral‚ there is no point in enquiring what is morally good and what is not. This question concerns reasons than causes. Also one must realize that being moral involves self denial. For example a moral person must not take BRIBE‚ but another person who is not moral and takes bribes may turn out to be in a financially better position. So‚ moral obligations
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Moral Values versus Academic Subject Matters Good morning faculty and Students “Welcome back to a new and rewarding School year” was the first thing I heard Principle Williams say as he made the announcements. The next thing on the agenda was to go over the rules of the school and classroom. It is the first day of school at Westover Elementary and the students are back in school for one hundred and eighty days. WOW! I just love my job. Well it is time to get down to business. We must go
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