Document Type
Issue Area Two
Abstract
Public school teachers and administrators need to know about the value and belief systems represented in a classroom in order to understand attitudes, actions, words, habits, and customs of students. Teaching of values must begin with teachers who have knowledge about a wide variety of value and belief systems. The result need not be professionals who say one system is as good as another but rather people who understand and acknowledge the existence of the systems.
The beliefs of people cannot be separated from their being. The beliefs of a person in a public school cannot be filtered out by a metal detector or "belief detector." Beliefs permeate every aspect of a person's being. A baker puts yeast into dough. It spreads throughout the entire bread and cannot be separated from it. What is inside of a public school teacher, administrator, or student will be reflected in every action or lack of action on the part of the individual and is indicative of that person's beliefs.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
2
First Page
67
Last Page
71
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1994 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kuse, Loretta S.
(1994)
"Growing as Individuals, in a Community, and from Common Ground,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
2, Article 19.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss2/19
