Perspectives on Emerging Ethics for Instructors at Graduate Programs in Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand

Perspectives on Emerging Ethics for Instructors at Graduate Programs in Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand

Purpose: As social development, instructors in graduate programs are meeting ethical dilemmas for emerging problems in private higher education; such as conflicts between quality of teaching and students’ satisfaction; nowadays, there were similar problems in graduate programs in Thailand’s private higher education institutions; thus, the researcher synthesized a total of 20 of academic articles to propose perspectives on emerging ethics for instructors to face the ethical dilemmas and problems in working in Thailand; there were three research questions under the research: 1) what are emerging problems in graduate programs in private higher education institutions in Thailand; 2) what are ethical dilemmas the instructors suffered in graduate programs in private higher education institutions in Thailand; 3) what types of emerging ethics for the instructors might assist to solve to the frontline problems and the ethical dilemmas in graduate programs in private institutions in Thailand. Method: The research was a kind of synthesis of literature reviews; then, the literature searching was conducted by keywords in the research topic, such as instructional ethics, postgraduate programs, private higher education, and Thailand; there were a total of twenty academic articles as the crucial documents, which were searching from famous academic platforms, like google scholar, research gate, and online libraries in universities, etc.; then, the researcher would like to combinate these informational documents to propose the perspectives on emerging ethics suitable for instructors in graduate programs in private higher institutions in Thailand. Results: In the research question one, there was a finding that three types of emerging problems in graduate programs in private institutions in Thailand: decrease quality of teaching; shortage of students’ attendance; decrease community partnerships; in the research question two, the researcher found three kinds of ethical dilemmas for instructors in graduate programs in private higher education in Thailand: dilemmas balance in quality of teaching and students’ satisfaction, teaching on research skills and professional skills, standard requirements and students’ satisfaction; in the research question three, the researcher disclosed three categories of emerging ethics may assist to instructors in graduate programs in private higher education in Thailand: tolerance, benevolence, and empowerment. Conclusions: in Conclusion, the research finding could contribute to suitable considerations on improve quality of teaching and learning in graduate programs in private higher education institutions in Thailand and offer to perspectives to stakeholders in higher education in Thailand.