Essay - Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct the Florida Code of...

Code of Ethics & Pr*****essional Conduct

The Florida Code of Ethics for the education profession is centered around the needs of the student: ***** professional is to preserve and promote the dignity of each student, strive for professional growth for the benefit of the learning process, and assure equality for all under ***** principles of the American democracy. The final element of this ethical code is respect and confidence on the part ***** the ***** as regards all pers*****s involved in ***** learning and t*****ing process, including students, colleagues, ***** the public.

The Florida ***** ***** professional conduct in the ***** profession specify particular areas of ***** to achieve ***** ethical goals mentioned above. These principles are divided in***** three categories: i) the obl*****gation of the professional towards ***** student; ii) the obligation towards ***** ********** and iii) the obligation to the teaching profession.

Specific examples of the first category include that ***** should be protected from harm to the learning ***** or to *****mselves in any way. Their learn*****g ***** be *****d by means of equality and *****, while they should also be given the freedom to obtain alternative viewpoints with regard to specific *****sues. In terms ***** ***** public, values ***** principles ***** ***** kept in m*****d during the teaching process, ***** ***** ***** the profession entails integrity in terms of official documentation as well ***** towards colleagues.

Personally, I found the obligation to allow students to obtain ***** viewpoints ***** most striking. This is important not only to me as teacher in my particular situation, but also because I have had experiences where this was not allowed. As an educator, it is unacceptable for a person to *****ssu***** that ***** one viewpoint is correct. **********, in all my teaching endeavors I try to emphasize to ***** how there seldom ***** only one viewpoint. Adm*****tedly, the stronger my view of a particular issue, ***** harder it is to remain open enough to alternative views from students or colleagues, but ***** am aware ***** this, and I do try to maintain an open