Reflection of Buber's Moral Perspective on Teacher’s Professional Ethics: Teacher-Student Communication Area

Teachers in modern societies have a model, identity function, a professional and ethical mission to achieve the perfection of students. The aim of this research is to deduce guidelines for the teacher’s professional ethics in the area of teacher-student communication according to the moral principles from Buber's point of view, because Buber pays special attention to the issue of ethics in human relations. The research paradigm is qualitative. The data collection method is documentary and a descriptive-interpretive approach is used to analyze the data. In order to provide guidance for each of the eight principles of teacher professional ethics, the deductive method is used. The results indicate that in the light of the unifying ability of the final moral criterion, the basic orientation of other principles of teacher’s professional ethics is correctly determined. In teacher’s professional ethics, Buber assigns a real position and weight to each of the poles of teacher and student; in a way, the reflection of Buber's "I-you" relationship in educational processes significantly reduces the conflicts between educational principles and the relationship between teacher and student. In the area of teacher’s professional ethics, we can emphasize the positive concepts of Buber thought, which are "moral virtues".