Pedagogical Approaches to the Instruction of Ethics in Lower-Level Undergraduate Professional Writing Courses

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dc.contributor.advisorCox, Matthew B.
dc.contributor.authorMelton, Meghan Jessica
dc.contributor.departmentEnglish
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T17:18:25Z
dc.date.available2024-01-16T17:18:25Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issued2023-12-04
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-01-11T19:03:12Z
dc.degree.departmentEnglish
dc.degree.disciplineMA-English
dc.degree.grantorEast Carolina University
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.degree.nameM.A.
dc.description.abstractThe following report centers on ethics instructional methods in undergraduate professional writing courses. The literature review covers the instructional practices favored by professors of upper-level and graduate professional writing courses, such as interspersing ethics throughout the semester and implementing service-learning projects. The primary research, however, focuses on the ethics instructional methods used in lower-level (freshman and sophomore) professional writing courses. This study’s primary research consists of four instructor interviews and a content analysis of two professors’ course materials. The courses featured in this study are East Carolina University’s ENGL 2201: Writing about the Disciplines, ENGL 3040: Introduction to Professional Writing, and ENGL 3880: Writing for Business and Industry. Though many of the pedagogical approaches used in upper-level professional writing courses translated to those of lower-level courses, nuances emerged for the instruction of ethics when utilized with younger students. Following a discussion of these nuances, suggestions for ethics instructional practices for professors of lower-level professional writing courses and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/13257
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEast Carolina University
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectinstructional methods
dc.subjectpedagogy
dc.subjectlower-level undergraduate writing courses
dc.titlePedagogical Approaches to the Instruction of Ethics in Lower-Level Undergraduate Professional Writing Courses
dc.typeMaster's Thesis
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