Global Complexity and Ethics in the Classroom

Abstract

The purpose of this session is twofold: to provide a conversational space for exploring ethical challenges for educators and to provide resources for navigating these challenges in the globalized classroom. The session opens with a facilitated focus group, where participants can share their experiences of ethical challenges faced in the classroom in light of demographic, technological, and institutional shifts in higher education. Presenters will then share insights and best practices gathered by the Working Group on Global Complexity and Ethics in Education at Mason, from student preparation and mentoring to stimulating critical engagement with complex problems. Our focus is course-based strategies that engage and prepare learners at Mason to live ethically within an increasingly complex international context.