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The evolution of ethics education: 1980-2015.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
ISBN
978-3-319-78938-5
Abstract
Ethics education became an integral part of most U.S. institutions of higher education between 1980 and 2015. Growth can be seen in institutional messaging, number of courses in ethics offered throughout the graduate and undergraduate curricula, national recognition of degrees and certificates granted in ethics by the federal National Center for Educational Statistics, creation of campus-wide ethics centers and co-curricular initiatives, and an explosion of peer-reviewed journals in the intersection of disciplinary areas and ethics. Yet, much research is yet to be done. Connections between ethics education and students’ civic and moral development remain unclear. The impact of ethics education remains unknown. There is no consensus on what counts as effective ethics education. Student voices are largely absent from discussions on the topic. And conversations relating to curricular and co-curricular ethics education continue to be divorced from analysis of the ethical implications of institutional choices.
Publisher
Springer, Cham.
Recommended Citation
Elliott, D. & June, K. (2018). The evolution of ethics education: 1980-2015. In E.E. Englehardt & M.S. Pritchard, (Eds.) Ethics Across the Curriculum—Pedagogical Perspectives, (pp: 11-37). Springer, Cham. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78939-2_2
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