ethics-related fact

Commission of Inquiry into the Facts of Allegations of Conflict of Interest concerning the Honourable Sinclair M. Stevens

The guidelines will be drafted following a wide consultation and building on today's statement by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory body to the European Commission.

Of these projects, 95 were screened by an external ethics panel of which 40 were subjected to a full ethical review.

Points out the risks linked with increasing radicalisation, violence, bullying and behavioural problems starting at the primary level; calls on the Commission to conduct research at EU level and present an overview of the situation in all Member States, indicating their response to such trends and whether or how Member States have included ethical, personal and social education in their curricula as an instrument that has so far proved to be successful in many schools, including support for teachers with regards to those horizontal skills; encourages the Member States to share best practices in this area.

Draws attention to the fact that standardised tests and quantitative approaches to educational accountability measure at best a narrow range of traditional competences, and may result in schools having to adapt teaching syllabi to test material, thus neglecting the intrinsic values of education; points out that education and training have an important role in developing ethical and civil virtues and humanness, whereas teachers’ work and students’ achievements in this area are overlooked by test scores; highlights in this regard the need for flexibility, innovation and creativity in educational settings which can boost learning quality ...[+++]and educational attainment.