CULMINATE (PERFORM) Part 1

Ed 112- The Teaching Profession

Name of
Student:________________________________Prog/Year/Sec__________________Score____
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Journal No.
LEGAL AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS

I. Consider each of these situations and decide whether it is more aptly described as a
legal or ethical issue. In some cases, you may check both columns.

LEGAL ETHICAL
1. A teacher likes to drop by high school parties on the weekend.
2. A girl in your class shows up with bruises on her legs and arms
that she tries to hide.
3. You smell alcohol on Johnny’s breath when he comes to school.
4. Jane often misses school to take care of her younger siblings.
5. You notice that in your lower level classes, pupils are absent
during harvest season.
6. A group of your students asks you to start your classes with a
prayer because you do not do so.
7. You plan on reading a story about a Muslim boy and his
circumcision rite and the parents object.
8. Suzy is supposed to be mainstreamed in your class but the
door is not wide enough to accommodate her wheelchair.
9. A co-teacher is known to borrow money from the parent of your
pupil.
10. One of your male co-teachers is always going out with your
Grade 9 students.
11. You ignore the fact that one of your students is physically
abused by her mother.
12. You think that one of the teachers in your school gave out
answers to her students so that they will get high marks during
the National Assess ment Test.
13. You overhear students talking about their teacher who verbally
abused them in a class.
14. A student submits a paper as her own to the teacher that she
copied from the internet.