The university of virtue ethics - Richard Smith

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The University of Virtue Ethics What kind of students, of teachers, administrators? The breadth of ethics The place of codes

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Presentation given at the HEA Social Sciences learning and teaching summit 'Teaching ethics: The ethics of teaching' A blog post outlining the issues discussed at the summit is available via http://bit.ly/1lndTnX

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The University of Virtue Ethics

What kind of students, of teachers,

administrators?

The breadth of ethics

The place of codes

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Research (and Research-led

Teaching)

Girl-guides and self-esteem

Pregnant teenagers

Archaeology

Data mining and the Big Bang

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The Centre of Teaching

Students at the heart

The learner and her style

Delivery: efficiency and effectiveness

Powerpoint and Prezi

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Virtues of teaching and learning

Quiet virtues

– Diffidence, reticence

Dangerous virtues

– More bad girls

– Nietzsche

– The History Boys

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Not Forgetting Education

The Socratic question

The educational question

The education to come

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Professionalism

Beyond ‘the reflective teacher’

Impact: crowing and bawling

Articulating the good of education (including

research)

Resistance Embedding entrepreneurialism

Jeremy Paxman

Codes