Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Educational and Curriculum Methods and Planning, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
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Department of Philosophy of Education, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The objective of the current study was to ascertain the components and establish a framework for the ethics of Iranian students. At the conceptual ordering level, a qualitative approach and grounded theory method were implemented to achieve this objective.Data collection was conducted using a variety of sources, including two distinct categories: documentary and field-based. The documentary section drew inspiration from the ethical charters of prestigious universities worldwide, the teachings of the Holy Quran, Nahj al-Balagha, and positive psychology. Semi-structured interviews were employed to recount events that involved ethical issues in the field-based section, which was based on the perceptions of 67 students from universities in Tehran during the years 2022-2023. Purposive sampling was implemented to determine the enrollment of students. Data saturation was attained during the sixty-seventh interview. The constructivist analytical approach and MAXQDA2018 software were employed to conduct the data analysis. The ethical framework was used to incorporate and categorize the extracted codes from both the documentary and field sections into 16 overarching codes. Consequently, the instances associated with each ethical code were arranged within a three-dimensional conceptual framework of student ethics, which was further divided into three categories: educational ethics, research ethics, and public ethics. The conceptual framework that has been proposed offers a suitable foundation for the development of tools to measure student ethics and the design of intervention programs that are intended to improve the ethical standards of Iranian students.
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