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Putting an ethical frame on problem solving.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| June 22, 2006 | Stader, David L. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

Developing morally competent school leaders requires more than the inclusion of ethics into a set of standards. What are needed are practical and useful models that are clearly applicable to the future work of educational leadership candidates. This research explores the use of Jurgen Habermas's discourse ethics as a framework for refraining ill-structured problems school leaders will likely face in the real world.

Introduction

The view that an understanding of ethics is crucial to the proper stewardship of the nation's schools has emerged as a widely accepted part of the knowledge base necessary for effective school leadership ...

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