From School to Work:

What is the school’s responsibility?

THE BASIC ETHICAL RULE OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Extent of Control Determines Extent of Responsibility
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Variables Profiling the
PERSON Learner
Certificates
Diplomas
Degrees
Memberships

Family Status
Peer Status
Friendships
“Connections”

Attitudes
Tastes
Skills
Dispositions
Knowledge Who controls which variables?
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 Variables Profiling
the School SCHOOLING
LEVEL
• Who controls which variables? CURRICULUM
GOVERNANCE
FUNDING
TEACHER SKILL
CERTIFICATES
ISSUED
CLIMATE
TEACHER
KNOWLEDGE
STATUS
SIZE
ENTRANCE
REQUIREMENTS
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 Variables Profiling
JOB Characteristics
the Occupation
INCOME
SELF-
GOVERNANCE
TENURE
CAREER
INTEREST
RISK
STATUS
PERKS
HEALTH
BENEFITS
ON-THE-JOB
LEARNING Who controls which variables?
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How Do School And Learner
Variables Interact?
SCHOOLING PERSON
Level Diplomas
Curriculum Certificates
Degrees
Governance Memberships
Teacher Skill Family Status
Peer Status
Certificates issued * Friendships
Climate “Connections”
Teacher Attitudes
Knowledge Tastes
Skills
Location Dispositions
Status Knowledge
Size Memories
Entrance
Requirements *arrows represent hypothesized
causal connections
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What Other Factors Intrude?
Other GOVERNMENT WEATHER “SOCIAL MEMORY”
Factors POLICIES
LOCAL TAX STRUCTURE COMMUNITY HEALTH
MYTHOS EXTERNAL
MARKETS GEOGRAPHY TECHNOLOGY

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 Is This the Whole Picture?

External
EDUCATOR’S Factors
DOMAIN
OF
CONTROL

School Person Occupation

NOT YET!
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 What about the Job Market?
External
Factors
EDUCATOR’S
DOMAIN
OF
CONTROL

School Job
Person Market Occupation

What is it reasonable to hold educators accountable for?

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 Variables Profiling the
JOB MARKET Job Market
Employment Offers

Skill
Requirements
Social
Requirements
Geographical
Access
Certification
Requirements
Permanence

• Who controls what?

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 The Complete Model

COMPETITION & INTERACTION JOB MARKET m+...

PERSON n +... JOB MARKET m+1

PERSON n +1

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 Using the Basic Ethical
Responsibility Rule …
Estimate the K-12 school’s responsibility (complete, high,
moderate, low or none) for a graduate’s:
a. losing his job at age 50 due to staff layoffs;
b. not being prepared to prospect on Mars in 2050;
c. not completing her doctoral dissertation;
d. being arrested as an adult for embezzlement;
e. not making an 800 on the SAT’s;
f. not becoming a lifelong learner;
g. earning several million $ a year as a corporate CEO;
h. not getting into the college of her choice;
i. not enjoying reading;
j. hating mathematics.

Who, specifically, would you blame or praise in each case?

How could they exercise control over the situation?
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