Literacy G: Research Ethics for Students of
Humanities, 2018
Course Code: 3B1215
(intellectual gymnastics)
Semester: Spring Term
Day and Period: Tue 6,Tue 7
Course Name: Literacy G: Research Ethics for Students of Humanities [ - > Japanese edtion]
Capacity:
Course Numbering Code: 36CDES5U200
Credits: 2.0
Student Year: 1,2,3,4,5,6
Instructor: Mitsuho IKEDA
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Basic Syllabus Information
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Eligibility: Graduate school students, undergraduate students
Schedule: Spring Terms
Room: Toyonaka Campus:Student Commons 2nd Floor, Seminar C
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Course Name: Literacy G: Research Ethics for Students of Humanities
Language of the Course: Jap.
Type of Class: Seminar subject
Course Objective:
We will present you an introduction to research ethics for students of
liberal arts and humanities. We take a standardized teaching protocol
for understanding research ethics borrowed from Japanese text books by
use of case discussion method. We welcome for not only graduate
students of liberal arts and humanities but also for students from the
faculties of science, technology, and inter-/trans-disciplinary
sciences.
Learning Goals:
1. Students can understand the philosophies and histories of modern
research ethics by participating with case studies conferences.
2. Through considering on various cases of misconducts in research
contexts the students can elaborate and understand about the meaning of
"research integrity."
3. Students can write concrete research proposal with ethical concerns
even though that students' plans would be virtual or planned in near
future.
Requirement / Prerequisite: There is no requirement in this class.
Independent Study Outside of Class:
We provide and arrange a resource web-page [ https://goo.gl/aFgbDo ]
for students attending this class outside from this virtual syllabus.
The Students can use this web-site for preparations and reviews of each
class.
Textbooks:
You can get and read hand-outs and assigned papers from web-site
https://goo.gl/aFgbDo.
Reference: On-line educational resource is situated in [
https://goo.gl/sPPwdH ] entitled, "Introduction to Research Ethics."
Grading Policy:
Grading of qualification will be evaluated from self-evaluation points
from each students' portfolios, 50%, and attainment points of student's
reports, 50%.
Other Remarks: None.
Special Note: Not in particular.
Keywords: research ethics, research integrity, compliance, conflict of
interests (COI), research writer's ethics.
Messages to Prospective Students:
Do you know the motto printed in T-shirt of a used book store in
Berkeley, California, "Moe's" that I found ? - "Reading is Sexy." It's
Great that I think. I will add in our class, "Understanding Research
Ethics is also Sexy, Philo-Sophy." This is my motto of objectivity of
this class.
We will take case conference method by using scenarios of research
misconducts. The each class will be progressed as if it had taken the
Problem-Based-Learning, PBL method.
1. Introduction of introduction of this class
Introductory seminar on the Research Ethics for students of liberal
arts and humanities
2. Responsible conducts of Research, RCR
How to motivate efficiently to write research proposals and to keep
Research Integrity, RI.
3. Introduction to "evite" (avoiding) research misconducts
What is misconducts, what is research misconducts, and How to avoid
both misconduct and research misconducts in our ordinary life.
4. Treating of data
Why are we evil to select arbitrarily datum for numerous data ?
5. The rule of cooperative research
The meaning, importance, suffering, relationship between members of
cooperative research.
6. Conflict of Interests, COI
The meaning, importance, suffering, relationship between members of COI
7. Authorship
Importance of authorship, misconducts of authorship, inadequacies of
authorship.
8. Plagiarism and appropriation
The definitions of plagiarism and appropriation, case studies on
plagiarism and appropriation
9. Importance of disclosure of scientific knowledge
The meaning of scientific truth, the meaning of disclosure of
scientific knowledge, and the progress of scientific knowledges
10. Peer review system
What is peer review system? The history and sociology of the peer
review system
11. Mentoring
What is mentoring ? the relations between mentor and trainee. The
mentoring as pedagogy
12. Managing of research grants
Ethics of use of research grunt, guideline of usage of both private and
public grunt.
13. How to write your first research proposal
What is research proposals? the meaning, importance, and research
proposal and your social context (public sphere of responsible
researchers)
14. Review discussion
All the members attended this class will participate review discussion.
The members will have opportunity of their own presentation in three
minutes in the last class.
15. Review presentation
The members will have opportunity of their own presentation in three
minutes.
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