What do you understand, ethics in education are?

Ethics in education are rules or guidelines that teachers follow to provide a safe environment for their students. It is about helping fellow teachers who are new to the profession.

I know that being a teacher, you are in contact with other teachers, colleague’s, learners, whanau and community. Under the New Zealand Teachers Council, Code of Ethics for Registered Teachers, 2004) teachers are governed by four principles as follows:

Autonomy to treat people with rights that are to be honoured and defended,

Justice to share power and prevent the abuse of power,

Responsible care to do good and minimise harm to others,

Truth to be honest with others and self.

Autonomy is understood to be a moral philosophy which gives a capacity to make an informed and unbiased decision. Justice is the maintaining over being fairly treated no matter who the student or the situation is. Responsible care is knowing that when parents bring their child to school, we as teachers are responsible to care for them. Parents are putting their trust in us as teachers to make sure their children are being treated fairly. Truth is seen as knowing all the facts, data and events that has happened and dealing with that. We are to be truthful in our decisions every day while we are at school.