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Against All Odds: An Empirical Study about the Situative Pedagogical Ethos of Vocational Trainers

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It is nearly impossible to overestimate the significance of a professional ethos in pedagogical situations. Most theories of education understand ethos and ethical acting as belonging to the core of the pedagogical profession. Despite this evidence, remarkably few empirical studies exist on ethos. This book has three main aims: 1) to conceptualize the pedagogical ethos at the theoretical level, 2) to operationalize it systematically, and 3) to study it empirically from the trainers’ perspective but also from that of apprentices. Part 1 offers a critical discussion on different theoretical approaches of professional morality. These include theories on moral values or professional codes, virtue ethics, professional sensitivity, moral commitment, and caring. Identified communalities are combined to form a new model of professional ethos. More intensively than other existing theories, the ethos approach presented in this book stresses the content’s situational impact on decision-making and motivation. The main question guiding the instrument development, dealt with in Part 2, asks how we can distinguish professional morality from the general notion that people should be good. In order to answer this question, vocational education but also a trainer’s pedagogical duties and responsibilities are discussed. Part 3 then presents the result of two empirical studies with vocational trainers and apprentices. It offers some interesting findings for further reflection – input not only relevant for researchers but also educational institutes, professional associations, and practitioners themselves. In short: this book contributes significantly to research on professional morality as well as vocational education.

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Series Title

Moral Development and Citizenship Education

Call Number

658 FOR a

Publisher

Rotterdam, The Netherlands : SensePublishers Rotterdam., 2015

Collation

XVIII, 330

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-94-6209-941-8

Classification

658

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text

Media Type

computer

Carrier Type

online resource

Edition

Ed. 1

Subject(s)

Economics and Management
Energy Policy

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Sarah Forster-Heinzer

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umi

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