Reflective entry 5: Discuss how issues of ethics are being addressed while you are taking action
The ethical issue that I want to focus on in this entry is the mis use of internet use. That the 6 year olds were looking up zombie clips when meant to be looking up 'scratch'.
Due to the New Zealand context of our classrooms. I have found the simple questions as asked in the Waikato reading; Hall (2001) to make the following ethical questions on my inquiry and to reflect that there is a dilemma for inquiry if we do not use implications.
Which community members should be given priority?
It is the children in my care and their families. Why ? because it is my commitment for learners and their whanau as a professional responsibility stated in the code of conduct for teachers.
2.4 In the conception, design, conduct, reporting and dissemination of the research there should be thoughtful concern for the rights and interests of all the individuals, groups and institutions involved and affected by it.
What restrictions are there to your actions? I set up of class with any computer internet access facing the teacher desk. I have linked the Ipad use to the daily 5 programme and the target groups which I work 1 on 1 with. I therefore had to consider that we are using the internet for the set purpose. .
Which courses of action are possible?
The consequence of this is that I had to take action. I should ask myself. Like having the computers facing me when working with a small group and checking in with internet gurus to monitor that all is well on the googling of scratch. I have limited apps on the IPads and there are whole school bans on sites however, safari opens up a new world that a 6 year old child can access in a blink of an eye, zombies, that maybe appropriate at home for some, cause a new level of offense to others. It is also a question of staying on task and adapting good work /study habits.
How should the course of action be implemented?
I looked at the whole structure, as well as the class and then the individuals involved, as well as the wider whanau. At parent interviews, I have had to listen to the parental concerns and with others explain the internet guidelines as a school. In class; set up new guidelines of freedom in the inquiry process. To monitor carefully the internet history. I chose to initially talk to the whole class about appropriate internet use and linked to the analogy of diet, that we choose to feed our bodies healthy food for healthy bodies, likewise with our minds. The monkey see no evil, hear no evil, fits in with our special character, yet also is a learning curve for all children as the internet and how to use it responsibility is a skill, they all can use. It is also good to talk one to one with those concerned on the specifics.
I re-looked at the internet policy of the school reading it out in child speak so that the small group of children involved are aware that these are rules in a wider sense created by the school as a whole for all.
It caused me to reflect when digital learning happens in the classroom there is an internet etiquette on when is the time and what kind of questions to ask myself from this reading by Hall (2001)
References
Connecticut’s Teacher Education and Mentoring Program. (2015). Ethical and Professional Dilemmas for Educators: Facilitator’s Guide: Understanding the Code of Professional Responsibility for Educators. Connecticut, US: Author. Retrieved from http://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/TEAM/Module_5_Supplemental_Scenarios-Facilitator_Guide_January_2015.pdf?la=en
Education Council. (2017). Our Code Our Standards.Retrieved from: https://educationcouncil.org.nz/sites/default/files/Our%20Code%20Our%20Standards%20web%20booklet%20FINAL.pdf
Ehrich, L. C. , Kimber M., Millwater, J. & Cranston, N. (2011). Ethical dilemmas: a model to understand teacher practice, Teachers and Teaching: theory and practice, 17:2, 173-185, DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2011.539794
Hall, A. (2001). What ought I to do, all things considered? An approach to the exploration of ethical problems by teachers. In IIPE Conference, Brisbane.
New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE). (2010). NZARE Ethical Guidelines. Retrieved from http://www.nzare.org.nz/portals/306/images/Files/NZARE%20EthicalGuidelines2010.pdf
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