西方教学伦理研究的路向与问题

Studies in Ethics in Teaching in the West:Direction and Issues

教学专业化的努力,以及有效教学实践范式之弊端的不断凸显,推动了教学伦理研究的发展。相关文献回顾表明,教学内在的道德本质与其作为专业所需满足的外在标准,为教学的伦理特性提供了辩护。作为哲学—规范探究的补充,实证研究深化了我们对教师伦理实践复杂性的理解。当前,有待思考的问题是如何寻求有效教学与合伦理教学的平衡,及如何拓宽实证研究论域,并将相关发现更好地纳入哲学—规范探究的话语体系之中。

Endeavors in the professionalization of teaching and a growing awareness of the shortcomings of an educational paradigm that stresses effectiveness have contributed to the growing academic interests in the professional ethics of teaching. A review of western literature has found that the intrinsic moral nature of teaching and the extrinsic ethical standards of teaching as a profession are used as ways to justify the ethical characteristics of teaching. Empirical studies have enriched our understanding of the practice of teaching by serving as a complement to philosophical - normative inquiries. As educators are becoming increasing concerned over the ethical dilemmas in teachers＇ work, future inquiry should aim to strike a balance between effectiveness of teaching and ethics in teaching as well as to find ways to enhance the deployment of empirical findings in philosophical - normative discourse.