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Professional Ethics: Education for a Humane Society
Editor: Feng Su and Bart McGettrick
Date Of Publication: Mar 2012
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-3630-2
Isbn: 1-4438-3630-3
This book is addressed to all those with an interest in the ethical dimension of professional development. Contributors are drawn from a variety of occupational fields (academic practice, healthcare, occupational therapy, legal, military, business, research, teaching, higher education, and civil engineering), institutional contexts, and geographical regions. However, they are united in their concern for inter-professional ways of working and for developing an ethical response to the changing institutional contexts within which they operate. Practitioners, trainers and managers will find this book both useful and thought-provoking, while scholars with a particular interest in professional ethics will find it informative and insightful.
Feng Su is a Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. His main research interests and writings are located within the areas of cross-cultural learning and the development of higher education policy. His recent books include Chinese Learning Journeys: Chasing the Dream and The Reorientation of Higher Education: International Perspectives (co-edited with Adamson and Nixon).
Bart McGettrick is the Dean of Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He was Principal of St Andrew’s College in Scotland and Professor of Education at the University of Glasgow. He has been working nationally and internationally in the fields of Education and Social Services. He was the first Chairman of the Scottish Forum for Professional Ethics, and of the Hope Forum for Professional Ethics.
“If it had simply given us a careful exploration of the ways in which ethics can inform and assist professional life, this volume would have been worthwhile. But it goes much further: it both questions the limits of ethics in insisting on professional life as a set of complex practices and, against that background, intimates something of the challenges and possibilities in front of professional education. We are in the debt of Feng Su and Bart McGettrick and their distinguished international group of contributors.”
– Professor Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London “These are exciting times in professional ethics. New perspectives, multicultural awareness, and a greater willingness of professions to share experiences and dilemmas with each other are all represented in this book. This collection of reflections by leaders from a variety of professions will be invaluable to professional educators.” – Professor Tim Bond, Head of the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol “The book is written in a highly accessible style and the chapters interweave the conceptual and the practical in a way that engages the interest of the reader. It provides a valuable reminder of the central role that ethics plays in the curriculum, the shaping of professional practice and the life of the university.” – Dr Bruce Macfarlane, Associate Professor for Higher Education, The University of Hong Kong
Price Uk Gbp: 34.99
Price Us Usd: 52.99
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