1 research outputs found
Educational Ethics in Academic Environment: Medical Students' Perspectives
Background and Objective: Educational ethics imply values such as honesty, reliance on one's own personal
effort, not to abuse the efforts of others, and respect the dignity and respect for others. Students are faced
with different situations in which they show various moral and immoral behaviors. This study aimed to
explore medical students' viewpoints and experiences at Golestan University of Medical Sciences about
ethics in academic environment in 2013.
Materials and Methods: In this qualitative study a purposive sampling was used with maximum variation
and 12 medical students participated in the research. Data was gathered using semi-structured interviews. At
least an open question "When I say ethics in education or educational environment, what comes to your
mind" was repeated in all the interviews. The interviews recorded and transcribed line by line and then
analyzed according to "conventional content analysis" method.
Results: "Respecting teacher dignity", "preserving dignity of classroom", "respecting and maintaining
dignity for classmates", "seeking for knowledge and sciencesā emerged as the main themes of the current
study.
Conclusion: University students considered learning environment as a sacred place; conforming its expected
rules and ethics would be mandatory. Abnormal behavior causes not only loss of students dignity but also
could be harmful to the calmness of educational atmosphere and may evoke different unpleasant pessimistic
ideas about such academic environment