@article{725387,
      recid = {725387},
      author = {Forster-Heinzer, Sarah,},
      title = {Against all odds an empirical study about the situative  pedagogical ethos of vocational trainers / [electronic  resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {It is nearly impossible to overestimate the significance  of a professional ethos in pedagogical situations. Most  theories of education understand ethos and ethical acting  as belonging to the core of the pedagogical profession.  Despite this evidence, remarkably few empirical studies  exist on ethos. This book has three main aims: 1) to  conceptualize the pedagogical ethos at the theoretical  level, 2) to operationalize it systematically, and 3) to  study it empirically from the trainers{u2019} perspective  but also from that of apprentices. Part 1 offers a critical  discussion on different theoretical approaches of  professional morality. These include theories on moral  values or professional codes, virtue ethics, professional  sensitivity, moral commitment, and caring. Identified  communalities are combined to form a new model of  professional ethos. More intensively than other existing  theories, the ethos approach presented in this book  stresses the content{u2019}s situational impact on  decision-making and motivation. The main question guiding  the instrument development, dealt with in Part 2, asks how  we can distinguish professional morality from the general  notion that people should be good. In order to answer this  question, vocational education but also a trainer{u2019}s  pedagogical duties and responsibilities are discussed. Part  3 then presents the result of two empirical studies with  vocational trainers and apprentices. It offers some  interesting findings for further reflection {u2013} input  not only relevant for researchers but also educational  institutes, professional associations, and practitioners  themselves. In short: this book contributes significantly  to research on professional morality as well as vocational  education.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/725387},
}