St. John College Organization and Professional Development

Integrating Moral Reasoning and Reflective Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-135-85115-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

A thought-provoking textbook written for students enrolled in graduate Higher Education and Student Affairs Masters and PhD programs, College Organization and Professional Development focuses on the framing of critical issues in organization practice, the gaps between moral beliefs and actions, and improving equity within organizations. This breakthrough text seeks to revolutionize how we understand ethical practice and provides a new theory that informs practice within organizations. Unlike the majority of Organization textbooks currently available which lack social contextual understanding of moral issues and social justice, this text encourages the use of action research to inform and support change in professional practice.

Students will find the pedagogical exercises useful for reflecting on their own goals, examining their own practices, and testing new intervention methods within their organizations and communities of practice. Reflective assignments are suggested for readers to help them engage in a process of reflective analysis of professional practice.

This textbook is organized into three parts:

Part I: Focuses on the foundations for moral reasoning in practice, introduces the framework used in the book and encourages introspection and reflection as an integral part of professional practice.

Part II: Focuses on frames of professional development, both as frames of reasoning and as developmental pathways, focusing methods of learning moral reasoning and changing organizations that support just practice.

Part III: Focuses on challenges of building communities of practice that support social-critical changes and environmental consciousness.

Practicing professionals and those academics at different stages in their careers who wish to reflect on the gaps between their moral values and their actions in work situations will also find this text informative and useful. The chapters include fundamental and insightful guidance for reflection on the topics raised and discussed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

St. John, Edward

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Text Boxes, Figures, and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Moral Reasoning in the Professions

Chapter 1: Professional Responsibility

Chapter 2: Social Justice

Chapter 3: Professional Development

Chapter 4: Actionable Knowledge

Part II: Reflective Practice and Organizational Change

Chapter 5: Expert Knowledge and Skills

Chapter 6: Strategy and Artistry

Chapter 7: Professional Effectiveness

Chapter 8: Critical Social Challenges

Chapter 9: Transformational Practice

Part III: Conclusions

Chapter 10: Conclusions

Notes

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edward P. St. John is Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan’s Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. He is interested in education, justice, and public policy. Currently Professor St. John is focusing on moral education in the professions. Having completed Action, reflection, and social justice: Integrating moral reasoning into professional development (Hampton Press, in press), he is now writing Moral reasoning in action: Integrating social justice into professional practice (in preparation). He serves as series editor for Readings on Equal Education and has received awards for his leadership from the Association for the Study of Higher Education and for scholarship from the National Association of Student Financial Aid.