Tag: education
Blog Posts (1)
January 5, 2009
Son, Just Tack Your Ritalin onto Your Tuition Bill
John Harris has publicly proclaimed that university students should be allowed to take cognitively enhancing drugs, such as Ritalin, to boost academic performance, says the Times Online.…
Published Articles (3)
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 12 - Dec 2008
Response to Open Peer Commentaries on Medical and Nursing Students' Television Viewing Habits: Potential Implications for Bioethics Matthew Czarny
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 8 Issue 12 - Dec 2008
Medical and Nursing Students' Television Viewing Habits: Potential Implications for Bioethics Matthew Czarny
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 7 Issue 4 - Apr 2007
Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS: Selling Beautiful Education Lawrence Burns
Resources (10)
Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at IIT
This resource is to help students and researchers in the sciences find introductory materials and resources covering a wide range of ethical issues in research.
Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood
PBS series that delves into the facts and myths about human blood and its impact on everything from religion and medicine to commerce and popular culture throughout history.
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography about Teaching Research Ethics. The bibliography originated at a workshop held by the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, Indiana University
Research Integrity
A semi-annual newsletter sponsored by the Michigan State University Office of Intellectual Integrity, the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, the Graduate School (Vol. 1, Spring 1996- )
Centre for Research Ethics
Established by the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gteborg, Sweden
Survival Skills and Ethics Program
Survival Skills and Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh - A series of one-day intensive workshops. Discussions of responsible conduct are integrated into the instruction, as are issues of particular relevance to minorities and women.
On Being a Scientist
Responsible Conduct in Research issued by the National Academy Press, Washington D.C., 1994.
Responsible Conduct of Research
Online Resource for Instruction in Responsible Conduct of Research from the University of California at San Diego.
News (3)
May 20, 2012 12:40 pm
Father calls for organ donation lessons in schools (BBC News)
A father who lost his son to leukaemia is calling for secondary schools and colleges to include one lesson on how to donate stem cells, blood and organs. Keith Sudbury wants to raise awareness by making donation part of the curriculum for students aged 16 and over.
May 4, 2012 1:34 pm
Better ethics education needed in community-based research (Phys.org)
A growing number of health research programs are collaborating with community groups to conduct research. The groups help recruit study participants, obtain informed consent, collect data and provide input on study design and procedures. But existing programs that educate researchers, community groups and institutional review boards about research ethics “fail to meet the needs of all groups that have a role in community-engaged research,” according to an article in the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics.
April 12, 2012 9:58 pm
Confusion Reigns in Tennessee (Science Insider)
Teaching science in Tennessee may become more confusing now that an antievolution bill has been added to the state’s statutes. Governor Bill Haslam yesterday declined to either sign or veto HR 368, which prohibits school officials from stopping a teacher from helping students understand so-called controversial subjects such as evolution and global warming. Never mind that teachers say they need no such protection, or that thousands of educators and scientific societies (including AAAS, which publishes ScienceInsider) had urged Haslam to veto the bill because it wrongly suggests that the scientific community is divided on these issues.