5A - Ethics

These are my first initial thoughts on the ethics in my workplace and some precautions that I'd have to take when using my colleagues as part of my inquiry. 

I am currently working in 5 different schools, teaching a variety of Peforming Arts subjects and dance styles. One of the schools is a Saturday school, the other schools are primary schools where I am sent to teach at by the company I work for. 

Here is a Brainstorm of some ethics I feel I use whilst teaching. 

Ethics in the work place - with fellow colleagues. 

I suppose it would be quite helpful to ask some of my questions to the children I teach to get their feedback but this would be difficult and it might be more useful if I was to ask their parents instead. To delve further into my other questions, I'd need to speak to/question my colleagues and employer to help me with my questions. 

I would need to be professional when asking my questions, I'll need to ensure that my colleagues and employers are comfortable talking to me and don't feel that I'm interrogating them or being nosey in any kind of way. I need to word my questions appropriately and make sure that my questions do not require them to tell me any personal details. I may need to make notes or record them speaking, so I'll need to get their permission to do so first. I don't think that any of my questions, at the moment, would require me using my pupils which is good because I know that asking children questions might result in unreliable results and answers; also I would need to get permission from the school and parents first.