Teachers in Trouble : An Exploration of the Normative Character of Teaching.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Contentious Behaviours -- Four Hypothetical Cases -- Case A: The Affair -- Case B: The Bare Facts -- Case C: World-Views in Collision -- Case D: Crossing Boundaries -- Discussion -- The Case of Trouble -- The Normative Base -- The Teacher's Role -- The Social Drama -- Social Dramas and the Teacher -- A National Study -- A Classification of Contentious Behaviours -- Chapter Organization -- 2 A System of Control -- Controlling the Public School -- The Teacher as the Employee of the School Trustees -- The School Board as Instrument of a Local Community -- The Teacher as a Servant of the State -- Teachers' Organizations -- Boards of Reference and Arbitration -- The Role of the Courts -- 3 Misconducts of 'Character' -- Introduction -- The Abuse or Misuse of Alcohol and Other Drugs -- Case 1: The Teacher Who Drank at Work -- Case 2: Another Teacher Who Drank Too Much -- Insubordination or Contrary-Minded Behaviour -- Case 3: The Teacher Who Shouted at the Principal -- Case 4: The Teacher Who Disagreed -- Case 5: The Teacher Whose Action Was Rash and Uninformed -- Case 6: A Conflict of Values and Community Factions -- Case 7: The Teacher Who Supported a Student Strike -- Case 8: The Teacher Who Encouraged a Boycott -- Personal Grooming and Dress -- Behaviour Showing Signs of Cruelty -- Case 9: The Teacher Who Beat His Children -- Case 10: The Teacher Who Seemed to Be Too Rough -- Case 11: The Teacher Who Lost His Temper -- Case 12: The Teacher Who Didn't 'Fit' -- Case 13: The Teacher Who 'Slapped' -- Case 14: The Teacher Who Laid on the Lath -- Use of Obscene or Vulgar Language -- Case 15: A Principal Who Labelled an 'S.O.B.' and a Teacher Who Protested -- Dishonest Behaviour -- Case 16: The Teacher Who Possessed Stolen Goods -- Case 17: The Principal Who Fiddled the Books.

Case 18: The Principal Who Forged a Letter -- Case 19: The Teacher Whose Principal Disbelieved Him -- Case 20: The Teacher Who Stole Chicken Parts -- Discussion -- 4 Sexual Misconducts -- Introduction -- Paedophilia, Proven or Alleged -- Case 21: The Teacher Who Touched Little Girls -- Case 22: The Teacher Who Was Too Affectionate -- Sexual Liaisons with Students -- Case 23: The Teacher Who Continued an Affair with His Student -- Case 24: The Teacher Who Wrote Romantic Letters -- Case 25: The Teacher Who Dated a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl -- Case 26: The Teacher Who Developed a Relationship -- Sexual Exhibition or Lewdness (Alleged) -- Case 27: The Teachers Who Published in Gallery -- Case 28: The Teacher Who Appeared Nude -- Extramarital and Non-marital Heterosexual Relationships -- Case 29: The Teacher Who Pursued an Incompatible Lifestyle -- Homosexual (Gay or Lesbian) Relationships -- Case 30: The Teacher Who Did a Gross Indecency -- Case 31: The Case of the Gay Pest -- Case 32: Gross Indecency in a Public Building -- Case 33: The Teacher Who Met a Runaway -- Transvestism and Transsexuality -- Case 34: The Teacher Who Stole Women's Clothes -- Other -- Case 35: A Criminal Charge of Sexual Assault -- Discussion -- The Question of Gender Bias: Some Quebec Cases -- Last Words -- 5 Unorthodox Teachings and Unquiet Citizens -- Introduction -- Unauthorized Teaching Activities, in School and out of School -- Case 36: The Teacher Who Taught Anti-Semitism in His Classes -- Case 37: The Teacher Who Brought Georgia Straight to Class -- Case 38: The Teacher Who Promoted Critical Inquiry -- Case 39: The Teacher Who Published Books -- Contentious Conduct as Citizens -- Case 40: The Teacher Who Wrote a Letter -- Case 41: The Teacher Who Posted a Notice -- Case 42: The Principal Who Became an M.L.A.

Case 43: The Teacher Who Bought a House from an Old Believer and Upset the Community -- Case 44: The Teacher Who Defied a Worldly Court -- Case 45: The Teacher Who Had AIDS -- For Denominational Cause -- Case 46: The Teachers Who Had Civil Marriages -- Case 47: Another Teacher Contracting a Civil Marriage -- Case 48: The Teacher Who Joined the Salvation Army -- Other Cases: Case 29: The Teacher Who Pursued an Incompatible Lifestyle -- Discussion -- 6 The Normative Character of Teaching -- Reprise -- The Teacher as a 'Character' -- The Teacher as a Professional -- The Norms of Teaching -- The Teacher in Society -- In Summary -- APPENDIX A: METHODOLOGICAL NOTE -- APPENDIX B: STATUTORY BACKGROUND FOR BOARDS OF REFERENCE OR EQUIVALENT TRIBUNALS -- APPENDIX C: STATISTICAL SUMMARY FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA, ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, AND ONTARIO -- APPENDIX D: LIST OF CASES CITED -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

The authors of Teachers in Trouble study how teacher conduct is monitored in the classroom and off the job. They propose a classification scheme for behaviours that are likely to upset community norms and bring down censure from the school board.

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