EDUC600: Ethical Issues in School and Society

Course Description:
Students in this course are charged with examining the role of an educator as a moral steward. Students will be
asked to think about the individual role that they assume in achieving and maintaining a more democratic and
ethical society through education. Investigations into controversial ethical issues and dilemmas prepare
educators to critically think through potential situations that may arise with students, parents, administrators,
and peers. Students will look at the overview of the systemic nature of education and schooling, with emphasis
on the role of the teacher. Students will be introduced to the concept of learning in community, and the concept
of nurturing and care for the system of education. The lens of the Viterbo values will be utilized and applied to
teachers roles in the educational system. These values are: collaboration, hospitality, integrity, stewardship, and
service. Using these values as a lens, students will review and take a stand on critical issues facing education at
the present time.

InTASC Standards Iowa

Standard 1: Learner Development

Standard 2 : Learning Differences
Standard 3: Learning Environments
Standard 4: Content Knowledge
Standard 5: Application of Content
Standard 6: Assessment
Standard 7: Planning for Instruction
Standard 8: Instructional Strategies
Standard 9: Professional Learning and Ethical
Practice
Standard 10: Leadership and Collaboration

Iowa Teaching Standards

Standard 4: Instruction that meets multiple learning needs

of students
Standard 4: Instruction that meets multiple learning needs
of students
Standard 6: Competence in classroom management
Standard 2: Competence in content knowledge
Standard 3: Competence in planning and preparing for
instruction
Standard 5: Uses methods to monitor student learning
Standard 3: Competence in planning and preparing for
instruction
Standard 4: Instruction that meets multiple learning needs
of students.
Standards 7 and 8: Engages in professional development
and fulfills professional responsibilities
Standard 1: Implementation of school districts student
achievement goals