澳门六合彩历史记录 Partners with Palm Beach County School District for Ethics Bowl
From left to right, Bret Danilowicz, Ph.D., 澳门六合彩历史记录 provost and vice president for academic affairs; Steven Bourassa, Ph.D., director of 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 School of Public Administration; Naelys Luna, Ph.D., interim dean of 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 College for Design and Social Inquiry; Glenda Sheffield, chief academic officer of the School District of Palm Beach County; Peter Cruise, Ph.D. executive director of the LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy; and Keith Oswald, deputy superintendent of the School District of Palm Beach County.
澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 within the has partnered with to host the annual Palm Beach County Regional High School Ethics Bowl.听The event will take place Saturday, Jan. 18 at the Culture and Society Building on 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 Boca Raton campus.听
The bowl is an educational experience with two fundamental purposes: the development of ethical understanding in connection with complex, ambiguous and difficult cases to resolve; and the fostering of key virtues associated with democratic deliberation, thereby cultivating the virtues central to democratic citizenship.听
鈥淭he goal of the Ethics Bowl is to increase students鈥 awareness and sensitivity to ethical issues, to encourage collaborative thinking, and to promote civil discourse,鈥 said , executive director of the LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy.听
During the Ethics Bowl competition, teams are presented with the issues which they have the opportunity to study and analyze and are asked questions about the cases, and are then judged on the quality of their analysis of each situation, with the format of the competition allowing for teams to respond to each other, and to respond to questions from the judges.
The partnership will provide students with a quality academic experience and sustainable competition by working with their school-based coaches and 澳门六合彩历史记录 faculty members and graduate students as they study ethical theory and develop effective lines of reasoning. 澳门六合彩历史记录 faculty members and graduate students will also assist in judging the competition.
The top four schools in the bowl will receive scholarship prizes due to donations from 澳门六合彩历史记录鈥檚 LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy, the Eric Friedheim Foundation and the Better Business Bureau Serving Southeast Florida and the Caribbean.
鈥淭his partnership will provide our students with a tremendous opportunity for a sustainable competition,鈥 said Keith Oswald, deputy superintendent of the School District of Palm Beach County. 鈥淪chool district, community and university faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate students support participants by providing coaching and insight into ethical theory and effective lines of reasoning, and by serving as judges and moderators for the competition.听聽Our students will flourish through this experience of interacting with scholars in this field.鈥
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