Reflections on teaching research ethics in education for international postgraduate students in the UK

Smith, J.

Abstract

Research ethics in education is a challenging topic to teach and to learn. As the staff and student body in UK higher education and elsewhere diversifies, the challenges increase as shared reference points diminish. My teaching reflections focus on a key tension explored in this article: how the imperative of internationalising the curriculum conflicts with hegemonic codes of conduct regarding research ethics that seem resistant to change. The framework of threshold concepts is applied to the teaching and learning of research ethics in education not, as is usual, to identify such concepts, but to draw attention to the critical role of the intersection between learner and curriculum and how institutional expectations need to be re-appraised.

Citation

Smith, J. (2016). Reflections on teaching research ethics in education for international postgraduate students in the UK. Teaching in Higher Education, 21(1), 94-105. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2015.1115968

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 27, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Nov 25, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: May 25, 2017
• Journal: Teaching in Higher Education
• Print ISSN: 1356-2517
• Electronic ISSN: 1470-1294
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 94-105
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2015.1115968
• Keywords: Ethics, Postgraduate, Education, Internationalisation, Threshold concepts.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1424529