MASTERING RESEARCH ETHICS NORMS AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY BY FUTURE EDUCATORS IN THE PROCESS OF EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The article presents the theoretical and practical foundations of mastering the norms of academic integrity and research ethics by future educators in the process of educational communication. The relevance of the research is substantiated in the context of Ukraine’s active integration into the global scientific and educational space, which requires a high level of moral responsibility from educators for the quality and reliability of the results of their research and teaching activities. At the same time, the research findings reveal insufficient theoretical and practical development of the problem of future educators’ acquisition of research ethics and academic integrity norms in the process of educational communication, which determined the choice of the research topic. The purpose of the article is to highlight the theoretical foundations of the process through which future educators master the norms of research ethics and academic integrity in educational communication and to analyze the author’s practical experience in implementing this process. The publication briefly outlines the historical development of research ethics, analyzes the core value norms for scientists defined by its founder R. K. Merton, and presents the conclusions of contemporary scholars on the issue. It is determined that a stable system of imperatives, moral norms, and prohibitions regulating researchers’ activities has gradually been formed in the scientific community. Academic integrity plays a key role in this phenomenon, manifested in the adherence of professionals to moral principles and norms of scientific activity, which ensure an appropriate model of behavior in the academic community. At the same time, this phenomenon also applies to educational and pedagogical activities. According to foreign experts, academic integrity in the work of an educator-researcher involves adherence to the following fundamental values: honesty, trust, respect, responsibility, and courage. The article analyzes the author’s teaching experience aimed at solving this issue within educational communication. This process was implemented through three main areas: the development of students’ motivation to adhere to the norms of research ethics and academic integrity; the acquisition by future educators of knowledge about the essence of these phenomena; and the formation of skills and competencies that ensure compliance with these norms and the accumulation of experience in ethical activity and behavior.