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

Smith, J.

doi:10.1080/13562517.2015.1115968

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

Smith, J.

Authors

J. Smith

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.

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Teaching in Higher Education on 25/11/2015, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13562517.2015.1115968.