King Khalid University EFL Students’ Perspectives on Teaching Professional Ethics: A New Ethical Pedagogical Review

Abstract

This study was carried out to discover King Khalid University EFL students' perspectives on teaching professional ethics from an ethical and pedagogical perspective. To attain the three objectives of the study, the two authors adopted the descriptive survey method because of its suitability. For collecting data, a 15-item questionnaire was distributed to a purposive, randomly selected sample containing 100 male and female EFL students from various colleges of King Khalid University during the first semester of 2023. The findings of this study showed that both male and female participants had a higher number of positive responses concerning teaching professional ethics for teaching and learning. Moreover, the majority of participating EFL students at King Khalid University had a positive perspective on teaching professional ethics in education. It was also apparent that, in the areas of teaching, training and learning, there are various fields of teaching professional ethics. This is due to the significant impact of academic settings of universities in general and King Khalid University in particular on the future of their university students. Moreover, it is both the fundamental role and primary responsibility of universities to offer education that will make communities more urbane. The results of the present study also indicated that the character of EFL staff members which includes self-esteem, presence of mind, intelligence, and level-headedness, adapting based on the ability to adapt lesson plans based on students’ interests, needs, and preferences are the underlying factors that influenced the participants’ perspectives on teaching professional ethics at King Khalid University.