Ethics Education - SME

Professors/ Participants:

My name is Denton Carter, a doctoral student at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. You are invited to participate in a pilot survey questionnaire, I hope to use to collect data for my dissertation. As subject matter experts, your participation will greatly assist in the appropriate construction of questions used in the survey instrument. Although voluntary, I hope to obtain 100 % participation. The study is AN ANALYSIS OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND TEACHING METHODS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ETHICS EDUCATION AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES and the below abstract will summarize the study's purpose and direction.

ABSTRACT
As concerns of disciplinary actions against law enforcement personnel increase, there is a growing interest to examine the need to research and refine the instructional design and teaching methods of ethics education for law enforcement personnel at community colleges. Literature suggests that there is no evidence of a standard curriculum and approach to teaching ethics education, and there can be a variety of different ways that ethics education is developed and delivered by community colleges and other agencies. A descriptive correlational study will examine (a) the demographic profile of law enforcement academies operated by community colleges, (b) the use of instructional designs, (c) the perceived effectiveness of instructional designs, (d) the use of various teaching methods, (e) the perceived effectiveness of the various teaching methods, (f) the relationship between the use and the perceived effectiveness of the components of instructional designs, and (g) the relationship between the use and perceived effectiveness of teaching methods. Through the theoretical lens of Clark’s (2007) Instructional Design and Prevost and Trautman’s (2005) teaching methods model, a survey instrument will be used to collect and analyze data from directors of law enforcement training academies operating at community colleges in the United States.

Instructions
In this pilot study survey, you will be asked to evaluate questions about the use and effectiveness of instructional designs and teaching methods of Ethic Education course development and delivery. Your participation will be limited to comments and suggestions about the survey questions, and will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Please answer each question, as a community college faculty member and program coordinator for a police academy. Your answers to questions 1- 44 will be arbitrary. Thereafter, a few questions soliciting feedback from you about the survey construct (i.e., question clarity and wording, instructions, etc.) will be asked. The feedback and input can help improve my survey instrument.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, but I am hoping you will participate. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. It is very important for me to learn your opinions, as it will possibly affect the law enforcement community and its ethics education/ training; development, and delivery.

Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact Denton Carter, Doctoral Student/ Researcher, Morgan State University at 410.446.7770 or by email at the email address specified below;

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Thank you very much for your time and support. Please start with the survey now by clicking on the Continue button below.

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