Abstract:

The systematic planning of teacher ethics construction is grounded in the foundational logic of teachers’ moral cognition. The understanding of the nature of teacher ethics needs to go beyond individual realism,recognizing that its essence lies in relational existence,which means that it exists based on relationships,is sustained within relationships,and serves the purpose of relationships. Teacher ethics are formed through a construction mechanism in which they emerge from synchronous relationships and accumulate through diachronic relationships. Based on this,the reconstruction of the relational pathway for teacher ethics development should proceed from three aspects:redefining teachers’ moral perspectives through relational ethics enlightenment,replacing individual responsibility with relational responsibility to establish a multi-stakeholder community for teacher ethics development,and implementing a network intervention model based on the relational embeddedness of teacher ethics.

Key words: teacher ethics, individual realism, relational nature, relational liability