Faculty members and female school principals and cooperating teachers' emphases on teaching ethics and their inclusion in courses in preparation programs

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the perspectives of early childhood education of female students' teachers in Irbid and Ajloun University Colleges concerning emphasis of faculty members and female school principals and cooperating teachers on teaching ethics. To achieve the study objectives, a questionnaire was developed consisting of (3) domains: Faculty members' emphasis on teaching ethics; inclusion of teaching ethics in university courses; and emphasis of female school principals and cooperating teachers on teaching ethics. The study sample consisted of (100) female pre- service teachers from the two colleges; (50) pre- service teachers from each college. The results of the study showed that the level of faculty members, female school principals and cooperating teachers' emphasis on teaching ethics was moderate, while the female students' teachers' estimation for the domain of inclusion of teaching ethics in university courses was low. There were statistically significant differences in the students' teachers' estimation on the domains of: Faculty members' emphasis on teaching ethics, and emphasis of female school principals and cooperating teachers on teaching ethics, due to university college, in favor of Irbid University College, while no statistically significant differences due to university college on the third domain. In light of the results, the study recommends to add a university course for teaching ethics, and to add an evaluation form addressing female students' teachers' compliance with teaching ethics.