How do teachers make judgments about ethical and unethical behaviors? Toward the development of a code of conduct for teachers

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 890-898

  Barrett, David E ^a   Casey, J Elizabeth ^a   Visser, Ryan D ^a   Headley, Kathy N ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of conduct for teachers; Professional standards; Teachers' judgments about ethical violations; Teaching ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861677059     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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