the university of virtue ethics - richard smith
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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/1lndTnXTRANSCRIPT
The University of Virtue Ethics
What kind of students, of teachers,
administrators?
The breadth of ethics
The place of codes
Research (and Research-led
Teaching)
Girl-guides and self-esteem
Pregnant teenagers
Archaeology
Data mining and the Big Bang
The Centre of Teaching
Students at the heart
The learner and her style
Delivery: efficiency and effectiveness
Powerpoint and Prezi
Virtues of teaching and learning
Quiet virtues
– Diffidence, reticence
Dangerous virtues
– More bad girls
– Nietzsche
– The History Boys
Not Forgetting Education
The Socratic question
The educational question
The education to come
Professionalism
Beyond ‘the reflective teacher’
Impact: crowing and bawling
Articulating the good of education (including
research)
Resistance Embedding entrepreneurialism
Jeremy Paxman
Codes