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Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students

Erlas Centre, Wrexham, Wednesday 1 November 2006

This event provided an opportunity for colleagues to discuss practice and share ideas on how to prepare students to deal with ethical issues. The day consisted of presentations from bioscientists describing the delivery and assessment of ethics teaching and practical examples of effective approaches, techniques and methods. The afternoon was split into two sessions: one aimed at the more experienced ethics teacher and the other at those new to the teaching of ethics.

As a result of attending this event you would have had the opportunity to:

  • Hear views of why it is important to teach ethics and help bioscience students to develop their ethical decision-making skills
  • Listen to accounts of practical examples of appropriate approaches, techniques and methods for teaching ethics to bioscience students

This event was the fifth in a series of events in collaboration with our Special Interest Group on Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students

Programme

10.00

Coffee and Registration

10.20

 Welcome and Introduction to the day
Centre for Bioscience
10.30

Ethics: What should we teach and how should we teach it?
Dónal O'Mathúna, Dublin City University
11.15

The use of drama in teaching ethics
Janet Marks, Y Touring

12:15 Lunch
 
Parallel Sessions

 

13.30 -
 14.45

Teaching ethics - past, present & future
Facilitated by John Bryant, University of Exeter

A facilitated discussion looking at the future of teaching ethics to bioscience students.

This session was aimed at the more experienced ethics teacher

Teaching ethics - a case study approach
Facilitated by Chris Willmott, University of Leicester

Based around an ethical case study this workshop will demonstrate how case studies can provide a convenient way to get students to engage with ethical issues and ways of decision making. Additional ethics teaching resources will also be highlighted.

This session was aimed at those new to teaching ethics.

15.00

Swapshop
Short contributions from delegates:

16.00

Reflections and close
Andy Bond, University of Westminster

Summary of the day

 

Other resources

Publications and tools

Willmott, C.J.R., Bond, A.N., Bryant, J.A., Maw, S.J., Sears, H.J. & Wilson, J.M. (2004) Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students - A Survey of Undergraduate Provision. Bioscience Education E-journal, volume 3 Available at http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal/vol3/Beej-3-9.htm

Ethics audit tool, incorporating sustainability

Ethics resource list (as a pdf)

Reports from other ethics events

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students - Wrexham 2006
eventdate - 01/11/2006 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/wrexham06.aspx

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students: Challenges Old and New - Belfast Castle 2005
eventdate - 07/12/2005 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/belfast05.aspx

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students: engaging with the issues - Leicester 2004
eventdate - 16/12/2004 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/leics.aspx

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: Ethics Teaching: one dilemma after another? - Bristol 2004
eventdate - 26/02/2004 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/bristolethics2004.aspx

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students - Stirling 2003
eventdate - 12/03/2003 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/stirling2003ethic.aspx

Centre for Bioscience Event Report: The Rights and Wrongs of Teaching Ethics to Bioscience Students - Westminster 2002
eventdate - 24/05/2002 00:00:00
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/events/ethicsreport.aspx