By Linda Fisher Thornton After teaching for more than 20 years, I was surprised last week by the University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies with the Itkowitz Family Distinguished Faculty Award. This is especially meaningful recognition for me, since I had 'learned through' the process of completely redesigning my Applied Ethics course as an online course and changing my teaching approach during the pandemic. This course redesign was an arduous process, and one that stretched me to become a better professor and a better person.
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Responsibility and Respect (The 4th and 5th R’s)
Children Need to Learn Responsibility and Respect
Two key principles (in addition to the 3 R's) that children need to learn in order to to live a successful life are responsibility and respect. As we teach knowledge and information, these areas need to be taught through an ethical frame of reference.
Don’t Separate “Ethics” From “Leadership”
Preparing For Ethical Leadership
Preparing leaders for ethical leadership is a long-term process. It requires careful thought about the messages we are sending. For example, what message are we sending when we separate ethics training from other leadership training?
The Risks of "Separate" Ethics Training
I believe that we take an unnecessary risk when we separate ethics training from the rest of a leader's development. When we separate ethics training and leadership training, we may be unintentionally sending the message that ethics is separate from leadership. What could be the harm of separating ethics from leadership?
Complexity and Childhood Education
We are Beginning to Understand the Kind of Educational Leadership that Prepares Young Students for Success in Our Complex World.
Forward-thinking leaders are advocating these educational approaches and roles that lead to creativity, learning, growth and innovation:
Leading in Context 