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dc.contributor.authorO'Rourke, Paul.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T14:09:12Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T14:09:12Z
dc.date.issued2006-06-04T14:09:12Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/1517
dc.description.abstractSchool leaders face difficult decisions regarding discipline matters. Often, such decisions play an important role in determining the moral tone of the school and the health of the school community. Many stakeholders are affected by the outcome of such decisions. Codes of conduct, board and school policies, and discipline meetings are often shrouded under secrecy, making the discipline process mysterious. .; In this study I examined the process of moral reasoning. I sought to determine the extent to which school leaders were aware that they were involved in a process of moral reasoning, and ftirthermore, what kind of moral reasoning they practiced. As well, I investigated the ethical grounds and foundations underlying moral reasoning. Thus, in this study I probed the awareness of the process of moral reasoning and sought to find the ethical grounding of decision making. This qualitative study featured short field research. The process involved individual interviews with three different participants: school leaders of a public. Catholic, and an independent school. It found that each school leader practiced moral reasoning to varying degrees through the discipline process. It also explored the possible democratization of moral reasoning by linking to concepts such as fairness, due process, public accountability, and greater participation in the administering of discipline. This study has implications for practice, theory, and future research. The examination of school leaders as the primary focus for discipline matters opens the door to future research that could explore differences between the school systems and possibly other parties affected by moral reasoning in discipline cases.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectSchool administratorsen_US
dc.subjectEducational leadershipen_US
dc.subjectJudgment (Ethics)en_US
dc.subjectReasoning.en_US
dc.titleMoral reasoning and ethics in educational leadership /en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameMaster of Educationen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Educationen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Educationen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-30T02:08:33Z


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