Pedagogy of Ethics and Values in the 21st Century

 

 

Introduction

Education is a moral enterprise underpinned by cultural norms, beliefs and values.  Hence, stakeholders constantly find themselves at the crossroads wondering which is the ‘right’ path that would lead toward the maximization of the basic goals of teaching and learning for the holistic development of future generations.  The choices regarding the what, why and how of teaching and learning present ethical dilemmas involving value judgments making education a moral endeavor where stakeholders are constantly negotiating and re-negotiating the boundaries of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ in education and for education.  The basic premise of the Association for Promoting Ethics in Education (APEE) is that we, the stakeholders in education, need to recognize the implications of these ethical dilemmas for the whole process of teaching and learning in order to look for workable resolutions.  For this reason, the Association for Promoting Ethics in Education (APEE) becomes a platform for collaborative actions and reflections.

 

Aims and objectives

The overall aim of the Association for Promoting Ethics in Education (APEE) is to develop/promote culture of ethics regarding students, teachers, teacher educators, management and researchers’ rights and values to influence policy in the context of education. Specific objectives of APEE include the following;

  • To offer a platform for developing/promoting awareness of the ethical considerations in pedagogy/ and adult learning   
  • To promote/ develop pedagogy/ and adult learning of Ethics and values
  • To facilitate student-teacher, teachers and teacher/researchers in developing their scholarship of teaching ethically.
  • To provide professional support to students, teachers, researchers for developing school based action research/projects on ethical lines
  • To organize regional / national / international conference/ seminar/ workshops to highlight ethical issues in teaching and learning.
  • To establish appropriate communication channels with regional, national and international networks promoting ethics in education.

Ethics in education is an emerging field offering many opportunities where many other objectives can also be specified and achieved, for instance a contextually appropriate code of conduct for teachers, students, researchers.  The Association for Promoting Ethics in Education (APEE) would be an appropriate forum to undertake such ventures. 

 

 

Activities

·         Theme meetings

·         Workshops/

·         Professional Dialogue

o        Ethics of teaching

o        Ethics of the scholarship of teaching

·         Talk-shows

·         Conference

·         Outreach workshops

·         Newsletter

 

 

Who can become a member?*

·         Students

·         Teachers

·         Researchers

·         Educationists

 

Structure of the Association

Founding Members

·         Rashida Qureshi

·         Qamar Safdar

·         Khalid Mahmood

·         Muhammad Babur

 

 

Networking

Would be an ongoing activity

 

 

Membership and details please contact:

 

Association for Promoting Ethics in Education (APEE)

apee@ptan.org C/O

Professional Teacher Associations Network (PTAN),

IED-PDC, 1-5/B – VII, F. B. Area Karimabad, P.O. Box 13688 Karachi-75950, Pakistan

Tel: 092-21-6347611-4, Fax: 092-21-6347616

Website: www.ptan.org

Email: info@ptan.org