Adaptation and Validation of a Test of Ethical Sensitivity in Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Maxwell, Bruce; Boon, Helen; Tanchuk, Nicolas; Rauwerda, Bryan
Titel	Adaptation and Validation of a Test of Ethical Sensitivity in Teaching
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 50 (2021) 3, S.267-292 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Maxwell, Bruce) ORCID (Boon, Helen) ORCID (Tanchuk, Nicolas)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2020.1781070
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Values; Scores; Teacher Education Programs; Psychometrics; Tests; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Competencies; Decision Making; Teaching Methods; Vignettes; Culture Conflict; Test Construction; Item Analysis; Teacher Student Relationship; Student Attitudes; Cross Cultural Studies; Correlation; Scoring; Interrater Reliability; Preservice Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrkunst; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kulturkonflikt; Testaufbau; Itemanalyse; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Korrelation; Bewertung; Interrater-Reliabilität
Abstract	This article documents the adaptation, piloting and validation of a measure of teachers' ethical sensitivity. To create the test, we modified a measure from dentistry drawing on literature in teacher professional ethics and drew on the expertise of professional ethics scholars and practitioners. Based on the results of Rasch analysis combined with traditional approaches to psychometric validation, the instrument was found to be a valid and reliable means of discerning levels of ethical sensitivity within the group of participants. However, participants' lack of ethical sensitivity as revealed by overall low scores, we contend, lends credence to concerns that teacher education programs may not be adequately preparing future teachers to meet expectations in connection with the ethical dimensions of the profession. In conclusion, we call for further research on pre- and in-service teachers' capacity to perceive, reason about and react appropriately to ethical situations encountered at work. (As Provided).
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