An Analysis of Ethical Considerations in Programme Design Practice

Autor/in	Govers, Elly
Titel	An Analysis of Ethical Considerations in Programme Design Practice
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38 (2014) 6, S.773-793 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2013.765942
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Program Design; Decision Making; Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Discourse Analysis; Standard Setting; Semi Structured Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Technical Education; Curriculum Design; Educational Practices; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Programme design; Programmaufbau; Programmplanung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Richtlinien; Diskursanalyse; Standardisierung; Lehrerverhalten; Technikunterricht; Lehrplangestaltung; Bildungspraxis; Neuseeland
Abstract	Ethical considerations are inherent to programme design decision-making, but not normally explicit. Nonetheless, they influence whose interests are served in a programme and who benefits from it. This paper presents an analysis of ethical considerations made by programme design practitioners in the context of a polytechnic in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It explores the nature of these considerations and explains how they draw on a complex interplay of utilitarian and communitarian discourses. Through this complexity the discourses not only reinforce each other, but also hide the necessity of debate about ethical considerations. The findings from this study offer educators a framework to analyse and become explicit about their own ethical considerations in programme design and the discourses they draw on. This knowledge can help them to improve their practices, as it offers them clarity about what is "the right thing to do" as well as a language with which to engage in debates with others. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10