Ethical Framework of Engineering and Technology Teachers’ Professionalism

11th International Scientific Conference Technics, Informatics and Education – TIE 2026, (pp. 523-530)

 

AUTOR(I) / AUTHOR(S): Dragana Bjekić , Milica Stojković and Biljana Đorić   

 

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46793/TIE26.523B

SAŽETAK /ABSTRACT:

The teaching profession, as a profession of exceptional social importance due to its long-term and formative influence on the social community, has always faced challenges arising from the context in which they operate and the development capacities of the environment. Ethical framework of teachers’ professional actions represents one of the pillars of their way of dealing with challenges. Although all teachers today are expected to have a creative and functional response to scientific and technological development, especially teachers in the technical and technological field face these developmental challenges because it is both the content of their teaching and their teaching technology. The paper provides an overview of research into the value bases of teachers’ ethical behaviour, with a focus on multi-decade research into the lifestyles of teachers and student teachers in Serbia and changes in the value system. Based on the review of relevant documents in the international teaching community and current challenges for the teaching profession, the principles of ethical action of engineering and technology teachers, and the guidelines for training teachers to apply these principles, are highlighted.

KLJUČNE REČI / KEYWORDS: 

teachers’ professional ethics; engineering and technology teachers; lifestyles and values; ethical principles and current guidelines

PROJEKAT / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

This research was supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia through institutional funding for research at Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac (Contract No. 451-03-33/2026-03/ 200132).

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