Abstract
Recently, teacher education has confronted pressures to intensify both quantity and quality of “clinical experiences,” resulting in both increased breadth and depth of partnerships supporting both K-12 and higher education. However, potential ethical issues have not been explored. This article reports results of a nationwide study examining ethics in partnership in teacher education in a representative sample of 248 institutions of higher education. Eighty-nine field directors and 61 clinical faculty responded to an ethics survey initially developed by the American Psychological Association (APA) from the APA Code of Ethics. Results indicated that respondents did encounter ethical issues in their work. A small percent reported facing pressure to act unethically, although a great majority perceived that issues were handled ethically. Implications include the need to examine and understand common dilemmas encountered in the field, and consider developing field-specific guidelines and strategies.
Recommended Citation
Washburn-Moses, Leah
(2019)
"Ethics in Partnership in Teacher Education,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 33:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol33/iss1/2
