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Biesta, Gert J. J. – Educational Theory, 2004
This paper analyzes the impact of the idea of accountability on education. It considers the kind of relationships that are promoted or produced by the culture of accountability, both in order to understand what kind of relationships are made possible and to understand what kind of relationships are made difficult, or even impossible, as a result…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Ethics, Accountability, Postmodernism

Nash, Robert J. – Educational Theory, 1988
There is mounting interest among educators in the concept of virtue, leaving a large question of how best to deal with tensions between self-regarding virtue ideals and other-regarding obligations. Two concepts of democratic virtue are presented. How educators should proceed is discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Educational Responsibility, Ethics, Moral Values