Dramatic Rehearsal for Ethical Deliberation in Leadership Preparation: The Value of Ethical Dilemma Cases

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 4
  In Roundtable Session: Interrogating the Theoretical and Ethical Underpinnings of the Principalship

Abstract

The study reported examined self-authored ethical dilemma cases to advance moral literacy in educational leaders. Dewey’s “dramatic rehearsal” is examined as lens in preparing ethical leaders for moral decision-making. The researcher used a two-tier case study design. Tier one examined moral literacy, Dewey’s dramatic rehearsal, and ethical dilemma perspectives in relation to fostering moral literacy in leadership. Tier two examined the implications of participants’ experience in self-authoring ethical dilemma cases as dramatic rehearsal.

Author

• Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University