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| Ethics teacher training course in Minsk, Belarus , 17-21 November 2008 |
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| The course is supported by the Belarus National Commission and the Israel National Commission for UNESCO. |
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The Ethics Education Program of UNESCO is mapping existing teaching programs in the area of ethics in the Member States of UNESCO. The various programs are described, discussed in expert meetings, and made available in the Global Ethics Observatory. Experiences concerning the contents, intensity, methods and materials of existing programs are therefore publicly accessible and can be exchanged among experts. Teachers who want to initiate ethics teaching can find suggestions and ideas in the database. The quality of ethics teaching programs, however, also substantially depends on the quality of the teachers. Ethics teaching can be made much more influential and attractive for students if they are involved by a highly qualified, stimulating and inspiring teacher.
This course is set up in order to provide training to ethics teachers with the purpose to enhance their skills and abilities. It aims particularly on a younger generation of teachers so that ethics teaching programs in the near future can expand and improve in all Member States of UNESCO. The course is supported by the Belarus National Commission and the Israel National Commission for UNESCO. It is organised in cooperation with the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, University of Haifa, Israel and the UNESCO Moscow office.
Objectives- To introduce the students to the means and resources of teaching ethics
- To teach the students the methodologies and methods of teaching ethics
- To assess and provide feedback on the students’ demonstrations of teaching skills under the guidance of experienced teachers teachers
Venue: Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education, Minsk, Belarus
Dates : 17-21 November 2008
Coordinators: Henk ten Have and Amnon Carmi
Teaching staff- Amnon Carmi, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, University of Haifa, Israel
- Daniella Keidar, The International Center for Health, Law and Ethics, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel
- Bert Gordijn, Department of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
- Henk ten Have, Director, Division of Ethics of Science and Technology, UNESCO, Paris, France.
- Boris Yudin, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Russian National Bioethics committee, representative of Russia in the Steering Comittee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe, Head of Department of the Comprehensive Problems of Human Studies, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation.
Participants: maximum 20 students
Students for the course will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:- Masters degree (in areas such as law, medicine, philosophy, ethics, social sciences)
- University position (allowing for teaching experiences)
- Age preferably between 30 and 45 years
- Good command of English language
- Motivation letter
Reading materials
These publications can be downloaded from www.unesco.org/shs/ethics and http://medlaw.haifa.ac.il (click on: UNESCO Chair).
Furthermore students should read in advance:
Michael Bulgakov. The Heart of a Dog [English] [Russian]Anton Chekhov. Ward 6 [English][Russian]Leo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan Ilych [English] [Russian]
Language
The course will be given in English. Adequate command of the English language is therefore necessary for participation. Russian to English and vice versa simultaneous translation will be provided.
Registration
Persons who want to register should submit a registration form. They should also include a letter of motivation (2 pages) explaining why they wish to participate in the course and how they think to benefit from participating. The letter needs to be written in English.
The registration form can be downloaded from the UNESCO website. It should be submitted to: h.tenhave@unesco.org
Deadline for registration is 1 August, 2008.
Costs
Accommodation and meals during participant’s stay in Minsk will be covered by the Organizers.
Each selected participant has only to take care for the costs of his or her own travel to and from the venue in Minsk.
Insurance
Participants need to have appropriate insurance for illness, disability and accidents so that they are covered for such costs when travelling to and from Minsk and while staying in Minsk. UNESCO cannot take any responsibility for insurance issues.
Preparation
The teachers will assume that each participant has studied the reading materials. Each student should also have prepared a “teaching class” on the basis of which he or she can receive feedback and be evaluated. He or she can select a topic in (bio)ethics according to his or her own choice and expertise, and make a preparation of a “class” or demonstration of his or her teaching skills for maximum 20 minutes. The audience of this presentation will be the group of fellow students as well as the teachers. The teachers will then provide feedback and advice based on their experiences.
Announcement
The Ethics Teacher Training Course stage will be announced- through informing the ethics experts in the UNESCO Global Ethics Observatory
- through informing the Permanent delegations, National Commissions and relevant National Commissions in the region
- through the website of the UNESCO Office in Moscow
Download the Programme of the Teacher Training Course [PDF]
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UNESCO |
| Publication Date |
09-04-2008 |
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