Despite much lip-service given to the importance of teaching, it is clear that not only is insufficient attention paid to the mechanics of teaching but that graduate students rarely are provided with an opportunity to reflect either on the overall ethical implications of teaching or on the ethical obligations one assumes by accepting the role of teacher. This workshop aims to highlight the major ethical obligations inherent within the professional role of teacher, of professor, and to provide some specific advice on how to meet those obligations. This program is designed as an interactive seminar during which the participants will be asked to engage with the instructor on issues related to the ethics of teaching or, perhaps more correctly, the ethics of being a teacher. This will take up roughly 55 minutes. The remaining 35 minutes will be spent discussing various ethically challenging teaching scenarios and appropriate responses.
Target audience: all students interested in teaching
Objective 1: Create awareness of ethical issues in teaching
Objective 2: Provide ways of addressing those issues
Objective 3: Provide practice in addressing ethical dilemmas
Format: Lecture/seminar. This program is designed as an interactive seminar during which the participants will be asked to engage with the instructor on issues related to the ethics of teaching or, perhaps more correctly, the ethics of being a teacher. This will take up roughly 55 minutes. The remaining 35 minutes will be spent discussing various ethically challenging teaching scenarios and appropriate responses.