Orientations & Beginnings

EDU 6424: Ethics and Diversity in Educational

Organizations

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Expanded Course Description

In this course we will explore the often complex relationship between diversity in contemporary organizations, particularly those that serve educational interests, and the ethical and practical implications of pluralism – both conceptual and societal – for defining and accomplishing administrative work.

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Expanded Course Description (continued)

In the context of the course, diversity designates a condition in which distinctive, divergent, and sometimes discordant worldviews must coexist within normative organizational structures that presume agreement on questions of purpose, process, and value.

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Giving important terms definition…

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welt·an·schau·ung Function: nounInflected Form(s): plural weltanschauungs or welt·an·schau·ung·en Usage: often capitalizedEtymology: German, from Welt world + Anschauung view or opinion: a comprehensive conception or apprehension of the world especially from a specific standpoint

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eth·ic(s) Function: noun1 : the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation2 a : a set of moral principles or values b : a theory or system of moral values <the present-day materialistic ethic> c : the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group <professional ethics> d : a guiding philosophy

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mor·al Function: adjective1 a : of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior : ETHICAL <moral judgments> b : expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior <a moral poem> c : conforming to a standard of right behavior d : sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment <a moral obligation> e : capable of right and wrong action <a moral agent>

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di·ver·si·ty Function: nounInflected Form(s): plural -ties1 : the condition of being diverse : VARIETY2 : an instance of being diverse

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dif·fer·ence Function: noun1 a : the quality or state of being different b : an instance of differing in nature, form, or quality c archaic : a characteristic that distinguishes one from another or from the average d : the element or factor that separates or distinguishes contrasting situations2 : distinction or discrimination in preference3 a : disagreement in opinion : DISSENSION b : an instance or cause of disagreement

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or·ga·ni·za·tion Function: noun1 a : the act or process of organizing or of being organized b : the condition or manner of being organized2 a : ASSOCIATION, SOCIETY <charitable organizations> b : an administrative and functional structure (as a business or a political party); also : the personnel of such a structure

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ed·u·ca·tion Function: noun1 a : the action or process of educating or of being educated; also : a stage of such a process b : the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process <a man of little education>2 : the field of study that deals mainly with methods of teaching and learning in schools- ed·u·ca·tion·al adjective- ed·u·ca·tion·al·ly adverb

Education and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

education = ex + ducere to

lead out of...

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out

lead

from: webenhanced.lbcc.edu/philml/phil6ml/intro.html

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The Getzels-Guba diagram

Nomothetic Dimension

institution role role expectation

social observed

system behaviours

individual personality needs/dispositions

Idiographic Dimension

(but a diagram of what?)

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“Nomothetic”Nomos

(Law; collective good)

Idiotes (individual/private)

“Idiographic”

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NomotheticNomos

IdiotesIdiographic

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The provincial normal school; a place for the training of teachers.

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Q. Getzels & Guba:

A diagram of what? A. Organizations.

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a modest contribution to knowledge:

the “ION” theory Organization

I N

OIdiographic In Nomothetic Out

But, what are the moral and ethical implications for the individual , for the organization,

and for administration?