Special Review Korean J Child Stud 2016;37(6):185-200 https://doi.org/10.5723/kjcs.2016.37.6.185 pissn: 1226-1688 eissn: 2234-408X Early Childhood Teacher s Professional Ethics: The Code of Ethical Conduct Eun-Jin Cho 1, Sae-Young Han 2, Hye Eun Shin 3 Department of Child Studies, Seoul Women s University, Seoul, Korea 1 Department of Child Development, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea 2 Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyungdong University, Yangju, Korea 3 : 1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 Objective: This study examined the code of ethics, which offers guidelines for early childhood teachers ethical decisions and practices. Results and Conclusion: In the second section of this paper, the meaning of the code of ethics is reviewed. The issues of the code of ethics are also investigated to resolve moral and ethical dilemmas and to maintain high standards of professional conduct in early childhood care and education. In the third section of this paper, a comparison of the ethical codes in South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States is conducted. Based on the results raised in relation to the code of ethics principles and the results of comparing domestic and international ethics codes, the fourth section of this paper focuses on three topics in the current and future direction of the Korean code of ethics: (a) concreteness and clarity, (b) switching from the viewpoint of least harm to the viewpoint of maximum benefit, and (c) the range of benefits of the code of ethics. Then, including the existence of the last two codes of ethics, we discuss the direction of future difficulties currently associated with the situation in Korea. Keywords: code of ethics, ethical dilemma, professional ethics, young children Corresponding Author: Hye Eun Shin, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kyungdong University, 27 Kyungdong University-ro, Yangju, Gyeonggido, Korea E-mail: sheentp@kduniv.ac.kr..,.,,..,.,. The Korean Association of Child Studies This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cho, Han, and Shin 190 Table 1 Main Contents of the Code of Ethics of Early Childhood Teachers in South Korea, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom Country South Korea Japan United States (US) United Kingdom (UK) Source Code of ethical Charter and code of National childcare ethics Code of ethical conduct Code of ethics (The conducts for daycare center director & teacher (KEA, 2011) ethical conducts for kindergarten teachers (Research Center for Kindergarten Teachers Training & Improvement of Appointment System et al., 2010) code of ethics (National Council on Childcare, n.d.) and statement of commitment (NAEYC, 2011) British Association of Early Childhood Education (BAECA, 2011) Main contents Ethics in relation to infants and young children Ethics in relation to families Kindergarten teacher and young children Kindergarten teacher and families Respect for the best interests of children Guaranteeing the development of children Cooperation with protector Ethical responsibilities to children Ideals Principles Ethical responsibilities to families Ideals Principles Code of ethics: in relation to children In relation to families In relation to communities Ethics in relation to colleagues Responsibilities of kindergarten teacher Protection of the plant Teamwork and selfevaluation User's substitution valve Ethical responsibilities to colleagues Responsibilities to co-workers Responsibilities to employers Responsibilities to employees) In relation to employers In relation to colleagues In relation to students Supporting local children Ideals Principles In relation to my profession Ethics in relation to society Kindergarten teacher and society Responsibility as a professional Responsibilities to community and society Ideals Principles In relation to conduct of research..,.,..,,,,,,,. (NAEYC, 2011)..,
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