ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ADULTS OVERSEEING
ADVOCACY SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS
To ensure students are developing their own opinions and
are not unduly influenced by the political opinions of
teachers, school administrators or community liaisons,
you should:
- Allow students, whenever possible, to choose the
problem or issue they will study.
- Instruct students to examine a variety of sources
concerning the problem or issue.
- Present a variety of opinions concerning the causes
of the problem and possible solutions.
- Always allow students to choose their position on
the problem or issue they are examining. (Students may
select a position or create their own. This may also
mean that groups in your class are working from opposite
perspectives.)
- Require students to explain the opposing position(s)
and be able to defend their own.
- Establish class rules for handling controversy and
treating others with respect.