Ethical Leadership and Moral Literacy: Incorporating Ethical Dilemmas in a Case-Based Pedagogy

• In Event: The Ethical and Moral Dilemmas and Contexts of Leadership: Exploring Values, Efficacy, and Democracy

Abstract

The purpose of this paper presentation is to examine an ethical dilemma approach to case-based pedagogy for leadership preparation used in a doctoral studies program. Preparing education leaders for the ethical dilemmas and moral decision-making that define schools requires assessing current programs and pedagogical practices, identifying curricular and pedagogical conflicts that fail to address adequately preparing ethical leaders. To address the research questions/objectives, the researcher used a two-tier design. The first tier reviewed the extant body of case-based pedagogy and ethical leadership literature. The selected works were analyzed, which resulted in a set of case-based pedagogical perspectives. Tier two incorporated a case study approach to examine the use of an ethical dilemma approach to case-based pedagogy.

Authors

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

• Karen Embry-Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University