Exploration of values: Israeli teachers’ professional ethics

Yael Fisher

Abstract : The main purpose of this study was to explore Israeli teachers’ professional ethics and values using the Facet Theory (Guttman in Psychmetrika 33:469–506, 1968). Since Israel does not have a teachers’ code of ethics, such exploration can be a basis for constructing one. The study is mainly exploratory, and the main hypotheses that guided the study were based upon universal structure of values (Pakizeh et al. in J Exp Soc Psychol 43(3): 458–465, 2007 Schwartz, in Advances in experimental social psychology. Academic Press, San Diego, 1992), and were examined using a mapping sentence. The initial findings showed the data deployment on the SSA map exhibits both a radial and an angular form in a Radex configuration. Israeli teachers believe that professional ethics is based on conditioned values. The variables in the SSA map appear in a radial configuration forming three concentric circles: personal values, social values, and universal values. The components representing the code of ethics were deployed in an angular form showing three elements: professionalism, reliability and honesty, and decency.

Key words :Ethics; Code of ethics; Professional values; Teachers ; Facet Theory · SSA

总结：本研究的主要目的是探索以色列教师职业道德和价值观运用方面的理论。因为以色列没有教师道德规范,这样的探索是一个基础建设。主要是探索性研究,指导这项研究的主要假设是基于普世价值观的结构，并检查使用映射的句子。初步结果显示SSA地图上的数据部署展品径向和角在Radex配置形式。以色列教师认为,职业道德是基于条件值。SSA地图中的变量出现在径向配置形成三个同心圆:个人价值,社会价值和普世价值。代表道德规范的组件部署在一个角形式显示三个要素:专业性、可靠性和诚实和正直。

来源:Social Psychology of Education. 2013, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p297-315. 19p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts, 3 Graphs.