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Ethical Intentions and the Moral Motivation of Teachers

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We (teachers) have a lot of moral obligations to our students and we are very serious about them. I don’t come here to collect a pay cheque and go home… there is some sense of satisfaction in what you do when I can walk out of here feeling good about what I do.

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Campbell, E. (2013). Ethical Intentions and the Moral Motivation of Teachers. In: Handbook of Moral Motivation. Moral Development and Citizenship Education, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-275-4_28

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