The Effects of Ethical Codes in Teaching of University Teachers

Considering ethics in higher education could lead to subsequent growth and development. Growing ethics in the teachers could be resulted from knowledge, will, ability, and attitude. Teaching and ethics are inherently interwoven. teacher is the most important factor in achieving educational goals in any academic institution, the present research has been conducted with the aim of determining the role and effects of ethical codes on the university teacher's teaching from the students’ viewpoint. This descriptive cross-sectional study included 33 female bachelor students who studied geography in Kowsar University, Bojnord. Students answered to a questionnaire made on the basis of the study conducted by Motalebifard and his colleagues regarding the effects of eight basic factors and 33 subcategories in university teacher's ethical teaching. The questionnaire was designed on a five-degree Likert scale and measured "educational capability", "content capability", "professional interaction", "paying attention to aspects of development in students", "respecting colleagues", "good class atmosphere", "respecting the class" and "proper evaluation". The results of this study revealed that, comparing to other factors, "educational capability" and "proper evaluation" are the most effective factors in ethical teaching and teachers who are committed to the ethical codes in their teaching have higher awareness regarding the teaching methods and approaches and make proper evaluations. This means that choosing the teachers with higher educational capabilities who are informed about assessment make should be one of the main concerns in the system of higher education.