Scientific Ethics in Teaching of Social Sciences in Iran
Scientific Ethics in Teaching of Social Sciences in Iran

Summary/Abstract: The ethic of education is a set of professional rules and regulations agreed upon by thescientific community that obliges actors to comply with codes of conduct in the scienceeducation process. This article is asking about levels and types of academic dishonestyand recognizing factors affecting it in Iran’s social sciences education. The data werecollected using semi-structured interviews with Ph.D. students of public Universitiesin Tehran were analyzed with qualitative content analysis. Research findings showthat academic dishonesty and factors affecting it are evident in the educationof social science at two levels of micro and macro. At the micro or actor’s level,individual characteristics and personality traits of students and professors impacton the occurrence of academic dishonesty. Moreover, at the macro or structurallevel, the way of distribution of resources and rules in the education paves the wayfor and facilitates the occurrence of academic dishonesty. Consequently, dishonestyin the education of Iran’ssocial sciences and factors affecting it can be explained in thelight of a structuration approach.

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