Table 2 Example of implementation of dialogism in trainers’ training in a course on the ethics of responsibility within a Master’s 2. Activities 1 to 3 correspond to the academic contextualization (introduction) of the course at the university level. Activities 4 to 9 focuses on dialogism with the educational institution (in the example, the trainers’ professional context). Activity 10 is, in fact, a set of generic activities that are organized in a program
# (level) | Focus | Generic Aim of the Educational Activity | Example of Educational Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
1 (1) | IW | To draw out the subjects’ a priori conception about the topic of the course | The trainers write their personal views about ethics and responsibility for themselves |
2 (1) | OW | Learn the scholarly knowledge about this topic | They study academic conceptualizations of these notions |
3 (1) | DR | Psycho-epistemic decentering then integration of types of knowledge | They confront both in debates and integrative writing |
4 (1) | OW | Knowledge of the frame of the educational institution | They gather the texts that deontologically or legally frame their professional activity |
5 (1) | They study these texts attentively | ||
6 (1) | IW | Identification of a personal case study | They choose concrete cases that they have encountered where they lived ethical dilemmas |
7 (1) | IW DR | Better knowledge of their personal norms & contrasted analysis with institutional rules or norms | They analyze these “grey zones” (Johansen et al. 2022) and how their personal views or norms eventually conflicted with the institutional frames |
8 (1) | DR | Mental / psychological epistemic decentering | On this basis, they critically think about their own views and the frame |
9 (0) | DR | Phenomenological epistemic decentering and integration of both ethoses | They are trained to feel the fairest solution in this context, thanks to a technique originating from acceptance and commitment therapy (Polk and Schoendorff 2014), in relation to concrete cases they have encountered |
10 (1, 2, 0) | IOW DR | General levels 1, 2, and ground 0 epistemic decentering, ethics of responsibility | They follow the MBER program (Hagège 2022) |