Higher Education and Professional Ethics

Roles and Responsibilities of Teachers
Herausgeber: Sethy, Satya Sundar

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Produktbeschreibung

This book discusses the significance, relevance and usefulness of professional ethics in the context of higher education. It highlights the pivotal role of professional ethics in offering teachers a better understanding of their responsibilities, duties, rights, institutional obligations, and societal expectations towards ensuring quality education. The volume investigates the connection between adaptation of professional ethics by faculty members in higher education and development of work cultures in institutions. It explores the requisite modifications of Teachers' Code of Ethics in relation to the usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching-learning platforms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780815387145
• ISBN-10: 0815387148
• Artikelnr.: 52398296

Autorenporträt

Satya Sundar Sethy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. He has served at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) as Assistant Professor in the Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE), New Delhi. He is the recipient of the prestigious Young Philosopher Award 2017, conferred by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He has published several papers in journals and contributed chapters to edited books. His publications include the books Meaning and Language (2016) and Contemporary Ethical Issues in Engineering (edited, 2015). His current research interests are philosophy of language; analytic philosophy; professional ethics, especially related to engineering and higher education; Indian philosophy; Nyaya and Aristotelean logic; and Information and Communication Technologies in education.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Philosophy, Education, and Professional Ethics 1. Academic Ethics in
Indian Higher Education in the Era of Markets: Selected Issues 2. Role of
Teachers in Academic Reforms for Quality Higher Education 3. Teachers'
Character Development in Higher Education Settings 4. Professional Ethics
in Higher Education: An Engineering Perspective 5. Ethics and Self:
Neoliberal Governmentality and Indian Higher Education Part II Teaching,
Research, and Professional Ethics 6. Professionalism in Assessing Students'
Performance: Roles and Responsibilities of Higher Education Teachers 7.
Ethical Issues in Research: A Critical Reflection 8. The Role of Teachers
in Higher Education Settings 9. Critical Analysis of Societal Expectations
from Higher Education Teachers Part III Professional Ethics: Case Studies
10. Assessment of Higher Education Faculty Members' Performance:
Implications for Performativity, Ethical Practices, and Quality Output 11.
Explicit Ethics Education for Prospective Teachers: An Essential Precursor
for Quality Teaching - Ethics Training for Pre-Service Teachers 12. The
Right Institutional Environment for Ethical Behaviour in
University-Affiliated Institutions in India: A Case for Changing the
Approach of Indian Accreditation Agencies 13. Using 'Cascading Pedagogy' to
Develop Critical Consciousness and Transferable Skills: Lessons from a
Gender Studies Classroom