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Is learning more important than well-being? Teachers told us how COVID highlighted ethical dilemmas at school

Is learning more important than well-being? Teachers told us how COVID highlighted ethical dilemmas at school

As an educational ethicist, I research teachers’ ethical obligations. These can include their personal ethics such as protecting students from harm, respect for justice and truth, and professional norms like social conformity, collegial loyalty and personal well-being. Moral tensions in schools can come about when certain categories of norms conflict with each other. For example, sometimes […] … learn more→