STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING ETHICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

Education-teaching ethics encompasses the ethical challenges and decisions encountered by individuals participating in educational and instructional processes. The delineation of faculty members' ethical conduct is a topic of considerable discourse. This research aims to ascertain university students' perceptions of teaching ethics in higher education, with particular focus on respect towards students, course-related information, student protection, instructor proficiency, and valuing students. The study employed a quantitative methodology and utilized a cross-sectional survey design. The population comprised students enrolled at public universities in Turkey during the 2022-2023 academic year, while the sample included 424 students attending public universities established prior to and after 2006. The "Teaching Ethics in Higher Education Scale" developed by Erdemli et al. (2021) was utilized for data collection. According to the research outcomes, significant differences were identified across different groups concerning their perspectives on course-related information, student protection, and valuing students, predicated upon their academic year. Moreover, differences were discerned in instructor proficiency contingent upon gender. Additionally, the students' level of education brought about variance in their perceptions towards course-related information. Further, the establishment year of the universities the students were enrolled in influenced their viewpoints regarding student protection. Lastly, the students' field of study was seen to affect their outlook on both course-related information and student protection.