Rezabandehloo, Niloofar (2024) Understanding Moral Dilemmas and Contradictions in Higher Education. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
Abstract The review looked at the diverse and complex contradictions and moral dilemmas that students and teachers encounter in the diverse society. By performing the search in the databases, 14 studies were identified as relevant. It was found that students struggled with issues of faith and tolerance, competing paradigms, and personal/self/collective dilemma. Some of the challenges that educators grappled with included balancing on academic standards and diversity, handling of contentious issues, culture vs policies, and representational crisis. Interventions that were made included; encouraging dialogue, cultural competence training, use of diversity curriculum, and giving equal opportunities. Implications of present study indicate that professional development, ethics, and ways of learning that allow free flow of ideas must be encouraged. Solutions proposed include developing guidelines for ethical conduct within the academic community, integrating ethics into a curriculum and specific courses, and offering education in ethical decision making. Therefore, this review offers the needed comprehension of the hurdles of diversity and integrity promotion in HE and will be informative for future practice and policy developments.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mascareno Lara, M.N. and Coppe, T. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2024 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2024 13:45 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4091 |
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