Tough Choices for Teachers - 2nd Edition by Robert Infantino & Rebecca Wilke (Paperback)

About the Book

Tough Choices for Teachers examines ethical issues in today's educational settings using a case study approach. Fourteen descriptive case studies offer readers the opportunity to reflect upon current ethical dilemmas, and pertinent questions provide prompts to improve their d...

Book Synopsis

Tough Choices for Teachers examines ethical issues in today's educational settings using a case study approach. Fourteen descriptive case studies offer readers the opportunity to reflect upon current ethical dilemmas, and pertinent questions provide prompts to improve their decision-making process.

Review Quotes

Tough Choices for Teachers is a significant addition to the growing pool of instructional resources with subject matter concentrating on professional ethics.... (The book includes) analyses of cases featuring ethical dilemmas faced by teachers in their workplace.... (It) fits into a progressive focus on teacher and student conduct in an age of widespread professional and media attention to the phenomena.... (The book) helps meet accreditation standards, teaching performance expectations, and codes instilling and maintaining ethical integrity for teachers and the teaching profession.

Tough Choices for Teachers is an engaging set of real-world cases that dramatically illustrate some of the difficult decisions educators will be confronted with in their classrooms as well as in their schools and communities. A frank discussion of the importance of these ethical challenges is a must for pre-service and in-service of teachers who will lead our nation's classrooms in the 21st century.

About the Author

Robert Infantino, Ed.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of San Diego. He has spent more than fifty years in education, teaching students from high school to university, and consulting with teachers about literacy issues and ethical decision making in schools.

Rebecca Wilke, Ed.D. has spent over thirty years in the field of education as a K-12 teacher, professor, and educational consultant. She is cofounder and president of LEADon, Inc., a leadership development company serving non-profit and for-profit organizations, including school systems