can lead to lasting, socially just change ineducational access and economic outcomes for historically marginalized communities. This workinvolves praxis—confronting oppression and injustice through learning, action, and repeatedreflection on the ways actions reverberate into society [11]. Anti-oppressive practices stem fromself-reflexivity and introspection that aims to align actions with the values and ethics of thework.Community engaged work enlists those who are most affected by a community issue. This canbe in collaboration or partnership with others who have particular skills or resources with thegoal of devising strategies to resolve it. Community engaged work adds to or replacesprogramming done on community members with programs done
multidisciplinary team setting where “(1) each team member serves in awell-defined role in the team; (2) each team member brings a particular expertise to bear insolving the problem; and (3) the scope of the problem is sufficiently broad that no one teammember could successfully solve the problem alone [8, p. 20].”ABET addressed the liberal arts through a professional component by requiring “a generaleducation component that complements the technical content of the curriculum and is consistentwith the program and institution objectives [6, p. 2].” ABET directed that program outcomesand student assessments demonstrate that some of the skills related to the liberal arts as having:(1) “an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility”; and to (2
Paper ID #21418Reimagining Energy: Deconstructing Traditional Engineering Silos UsingCulturally Sustaining PedagogiesDr. Gordon D. Hoople, University of San Diego Dr. Gordon D. Hoople is an assistant professor of general engineering at the University of San Diego. His research interests lie in microfluidics, rapid prototyping, genomics, engineering ethics, and engineering education. He earned his MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from University of California, Berkeley and a BS in engineering from Harvey Mudd College.Dr. Joel Alejandro Mejia, University of San Diego Dr. Joel Alejandro (Alex) Mejia is an assistant
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Paper ID #12357Communication Class Size and Professional IdentityDr. Corey Owen, University of Saskatchewan Corey Owen received his PhD in English from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007. Since then, he has been teaching in the Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional Development in the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Engineering. His research focuses on issues of rhetoric, identity, and learning theory, as well as medieval ethics and literature.Prof. Debora Rolfes, University of Saskatchewan Debora Rolfes is an assistant professor in the Ron and Jane Graham School of Professional
education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado - Boulder Jacquelyn Sullivan is founding co-director of the General Engineering Plus degree program in the Uni- versity of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She spearheaded design and launch of the Engineering GoldShirt Program to provide a unique access pathway to engineering for high potential, next tier students not admitted through the standard admissions process and the CU teach Engineering Program - creating a pathway to secondary math and science teacher licensure through engi- neering. Sullivan was conferred as an ASEE Fellow in 2011
; society program in the De- partment of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia. He is the principal investigator at University of Virginia on the ’4C Project’ on Cultivating Cultures of Ethical STEM education with col- leagues from Notre Dame, Xavier University and St. Mary’s College. He is also the co-leader of the ’Nano and the City’ thematic research cluster for the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University. Rider is a Research Collaborator with the Sustainability Science Education program at the Biodesign Institute. His research focuses on wicked problems that arise at the intersection of society and technology. Rider holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability from Arizona State University
AC 2012-4539: THE COMPLEXITIES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN ANDSYSTEM MODELINGDr. Gayle E. Ermer, Calvin College Gayle Ermer is a professor of engineering at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich. She teaches in the mechanical concentration in the areas of machine dynamics and manufacturing processes. Her master’s degree was obtained from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in manufacturing systems engineering (1987), and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University (1994). Her research interests include philosophy of technology, engineering ethics, and women in engineering. Page 25.1279.1 c
understanding of the relationship of electrical science Page 25.1255.4and technology to other disciplines and relevant ethical, social, cultural, historical andpolitical issues; 2) a substantive knowledge of the essential concepts, controversies andareas of exploration of a specialized topic in electrical science and technology; 3) anability to critique scientific and technological arguments and claims in oral and writtenpresentations.” To show how these objectives are fulfilled, the following two paragraphswill provide overall course layout, approach to the topic, activities assigned and methodsof assessment. After that, this section will describe more
24.991.12 its dysfunction. Nature Publishing Group, 7, 942-951.19. Davis, M. H. (1996). Empathy: A Social Psychological Approach. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.20. Oxley, J. C. (2011). The Moral Dimensions of Empathy: Limits and Applications in Ethical Theory and Practice. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.21. Decety, J., & Jackson, P. L. (2006). A social-neuroscience perspective on empathy. Current directions in psychological science, 15(2), 54-58.22. Levenson, R. W., & Ruef, A. M. (1992). Empathy: a physiological substrate. Journal of personality and social psychology, 63(2), 234-246.23. Smith, A. (1759/1976). The Theory of the Moral Sentiments. Oxford: Clarendon Press.24. Köhler, W. (1929). Gestalt
social sciences were gradually recovered, yet several newproblems emerged.To begin with, social structures and ethics have been transformed radically incontemporary China. The instrumental view of education was not checked butamplified, as the whole society focused on the central task of economic construction.Engineering education--in addition to its consistent politicization--is also greatlyreshaped by commercialization, much like its counterpart in the U.S.12The identity of Page 24.1218.12many universities was recast as quasi-corporations, whose obligation was to produceprofit for the stakeholders rather than to create and advance knowledge for the
(k) sustainability-related problems survey6 Become conscious of the ethical and professional Pre-post (f), (j) responsibilities of engineers in a global, social, and survey environmental context Page 24.1257.7MethodsIn this section we explain how concept maps, design reviews, and the pre-post tests are designedto assess the above stated learning goals. Themes from the course were developed based on aholistic analysis of students’ responses on design reviews, surveys, concept maps, a debriefsession during the final class session, faculty’s observations throughout the course
AcknowledgmentsWe thank Brent Jesiek for feedback on early drafts of this work.References[1] B. Wynne, Rationality and ritual: The Windscale inquiry and nuclear decisions in Britain. Bucks, England: The British Society for the History of Science, 1982.[2] M. Ahteensuu, "Assumptions of the deficit model type of thinking: Ignorance, attitudes, and science communication in the debate on genetic engineering in agriculture " Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, vol. 25, pp. 295-313, 2012.[3] H.-J. Bak, "Education and public attitudes toward science: Implications for the "deficit model" of education and support for science and technology," Social Science Quarterly, vol. 82, pp. 779-795, 2001.[4] M. Bucchi and F
strongertechnical communication skills. In the early 2000s, engineering professional societies reportedunderdeveloped writing and presentation skills in entry-level job candidates while, at the sametime, stressing the time spent in a typical engineer’s day on communication tasks [1, 2]. At thesame time, ABET adopted new criteria for evaluating and accrediting engineering programs [3].The criteria focused on developing “soft skills” including teamwork, ethics, and effectivecommunication, among others. The importance of soft skills has only grown in the interveningyears. Among ABET’s student outcomes as listed in 2019-2020 is “an ability to apply written,oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments;and an
community, (iii) to promote STEM to under-served communities close to SCU. In additionto the ELSJ learning objectives, this course was designed with the hope that students would also:• Develop educational materials and hands-on STEM activities as a service to the community• Develop project/time management, organizational, and leadership skills.• Develop effective listening/collaboration skills while working with community partners.• Recognize and understand ethical responsibilities of engineers.In the lecture component of the class, students are introduced to concepts that can help themwhen performing their outreach. Specifically, there is a nine-lecture sequence where thefollowing material is discussed:Lecture 1: Introductions, Course
Diego Mark Peters received a Bachelors degree in Economics from Georgetown University and then pursued a business career in New York City, working in many of the major business disciplines. Over the past twenty years, Mark has worked and consulted for large corporations, professional organizations, hospitals, churches, and universities. Dr. Peters earned a Masters Degree from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from the University of San Diego. He has taught in a variety of disciplines including: Business Management, Organizational Leadership, Economics, Ethics, and Leadership Stud- ies, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Peters has twice served on the
have: An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities inengineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact ofengineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.A new course has been developed (and is a work in progress at the time of this paper) forboth engineering and non-engineering students studying abroad entitled “London’s BuiltEnvironment.” The course was designed primarily to foster students’ understanding ofthe relationship between the built environment that surrounds them, the naturalenvironment in which it is built and the human and social environment for which it wasdesigned and built. Since the first offering of the course is in London, the course
attracted to micro-genetic and socio-cultural models of learning. He has been working on how learners’ emotions are coupled with their conceptual and epistemological reasoning. Lately, he has been interested in engineering design thinking, how engineering students come to understand and practice design, and how engineering students think about ethics and social responsi- bility.Dr. Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park Jennifer Radoff is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her Ph.D. in Science Education from Tufts University. She studies the dynamics of disciplinary learning at the intersection of epistemology, affect, and identity, and is interested in how
different conventions for memo writing.It is important that faculty instructors who assign memos not only buy into these thresholdconcepts, but also coordinate with one another to scaffold learning experiences throughout thecurriculum that will support the mastery of these threshold concepts. For example, students maybe given a template memo in their first year in EM121 to practice concept 1. In RH330, studentsmay be asked to analyze an ethics case study and respond with a memo that addressesprofessional values and ethos, practicing concept 4. The plan to encourage buy-in andcoordination among faculty instructors for this effort is described in the next section.Next stepsThe next steps in this project include:1) Presenting the proposed threshold
universitygeneral education distributions requirements and engineering specific courses in economics,technical communications, and ethics. These engineering-centric courses further the dividebetween engineering and the liberal arts. It is important to break the barrier between the study of the liberal arts and the study ofengineering for the future of engineering. The issues faced by engineers in the near term andlong term future are going to require collaboration with the broader liberal arts. This is readilyseen in the 14 grand challenges of engineering unveiled by the National Academy ofEngineering16. They represented a new direction in engineering. These grand challenges were: Advance Personalized Learning Make Solar Energy
first four versions of the taxonomy and all instances of epistemology ineach respective version. In the versions of the taxonomy in which epistemology does appear, itappears under different categories and with different sub-categories of its own. In version 1 itwas listed as a component of part of the engineering curriculum dedicated to social, political and Page 26.1630.5organizational studies along with topics like ethics. In version 2 it appears in 3 places, as a category under research methodologies and as two components of developmental theory (whichis a category under theoretical frameworks), epistemology and personal epistemology
written in advance by the instructors, andin other cases the students participate in developing the rubrics).Table 1- Course Objectives for the Summer Grand Challenge Program RH330 • Analyzing contexts, audiences, and genres to determine how they Technical influence communication and • Crafting documents to meet the demands and constraints of professional Professional situations Communication • Integrating all stages of the writing process, ethically and persuasively, to respond to technical contexts and audiences—from planning, researching and drafting to designing, revising and editing • Collaborating effectively within and across teams with
Demonstrate knowledge and competence in academic and technical fields of study.These competencies will be measured by the ability to: a) Use computers, printed materials and human resources to access and process information. b) Read and comprehend materials related to the discipline of study. c) Possess the necessary academic knowledge and technical skills for entry into employment and/or further study.#4 Demonstrate positive, effective, and appropriate interpersonal skills.These competencies will be measured by the ability to: a) Demonstrate dependable, accountable, flexible behavior. b) Work effectively and appropriately with others through collaboration and teamwork. c) Choose ethical
Our Minds Virtue Ethics for a Digital Age” Commonweal Dec 2010 http://commonwealmagazine.org/changing-our-minds (last accessed Jan 12 2012)12. Rosen, Larry “iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession with Technology and Overcoming Its Hold on Us“, ISBN-13: 978-0230117570, 2012 Page 25.1267.7
) can include both written rulesand unwritten norms that govern interaction. These are necessary to mediate social orderand help regulate larger questions of justice, ethics, and morality. Division of laboracknowledges that subjects require the assistance of others to realize their goals and thatpower relations among subjects are often unequal.Identifying and Negotiating Contradictions While CHAT can be helpful in describing the component forces influencinghuman activity, it may be most useful in highlighting situations where these forces act incontradiction to each other [24]. The concept of contradiction in CHAT highlights pointsof tension, potentially creating transformative changes in activity patterns[12]. Engestromhighlighted
of our efforts toenhance graduates’ skills in communication, multidisciplinary teamwork, lifelong learning, andawareness of social and ethical considerations in addition to a firm grasp of science,mathematics, and engineering fundamentals. Page 24.873.7Future directions may include comparison of student performance in Senior Capstoneexperiences with or without participating in this model of long-distance collaboration.Figure 3: Student outcome assessment results. Percentage of students rating their perception of their ability for each outcome for one year without collaboration (2012) and one year with collaboration (2013). Each graph is
) instrument was an exception in that it employed qualitative methods offocus groups and interviews with engineering students and faculty as part of its development.This instrument was designed to measure the curricular and co-curricular events and experiencesthat would affect the ethical development of undergraduate engineering students [18].Instruments that have been developed in engineering to measure non-cognitive skills have mostlyused the traditional development process of reviewing the literature on existing instruments toguide their own scale development. Here, the conceptual domain is developed through literaturereviews, expert consultation, peer review, and conversations with target groups [19]. These arewell-established and validated
labor again tomorrow, they get even richer and even richer. So it's in their interest to make sure you think your work is de-political.”Maria similarly described a separation of engineers from the moral and ethical consequences oftheir work and how that separation benefits corporate interests: “… [to] face [engineers] with the thought that, you know, what they're doing actually has consequences when you consider them, they're gonna say ‘that's not my job. I'm just the engineer, that's management, that's business, that's something else.’ Because really, they're there to do this very specific thing. And the fact is, um, if you were to try to get them involved in all these other things, it's going to take