This course is intended to provide a foundation for PhD students to think critically about what it means to be an ethical researcher. During this course students will critically analyse research ethics topics and case studies, and learn how to conduct a research project from an ethical standpoint. By understanding and reflecting upon research ethics-specific issues, students will assimilate the importance of scientific integrity while acquiring key reasoning skills that will significantly increase the scientific quality and impact of their future research. Pre-requisite: None

CILO-1: Identify the role of ethics in educational research CILO-2: Identify important ethical issues (e.g., plagiarism, copyright, authorship, research integrity, confidentiality and data management) in conducting educational research. CILO-3: Plan a research investigation following ethical rules (e.g., informed consent, voluntary participation, anonymity, confidentiality, and potential for harm). CILO-4: Evaluate research studies from an ethical point of view (e.g., participants’ right, research misconduct, research integrity, and proper citation and referencing).