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Moral content and assignment marking: an exploratory study.

Martin Lipscomb1, Paul C Snelling

  • 1Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Hartpury Campus, Gloucester GL19 3BE, United Kingdom.

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|February 7, 2006
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Nurse academics may penalize student assignments with morally questionable content, particularly racist statements. Many would cite professional conduct, suggesting potential bias in marking based on ethical content.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Academic Ethics

Background:

  • Investigating the influence of assignment content on academic assessment.
  • Exploring the ethical considerations in nursing education and professional conduct.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between the moral content of student assignments and lecturer marking behavior.
  • To assess how nurse academics respond to discriminatory statements in student work.

Main Methods:

  • An exploratory survey using a questionnaire with discriminatory statements.
  • Distributed to a sample of nurse academics to gauge potential impact on marking.
  • Qualitative data collected to support quantitative findings.

Main Results:

  • A majority of participants indicated they would penalize morally questionable statements.

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  • Racist statements were penalized more frequently and severely than other discriminatory content.
  • Little difference observed between responses to normative and descriptive statements.

    • Conclusions:

    • Tentative evidence suggests lecturers may penalize ethically problematic content in student assignments.
    • Professional conduct codes may influence marking decisions regarding moral content.
    • Further research is needed to explore marking inconsistencies and student self-censorship.