, too. They ask for more flexibility. They struggle topay attention in class. And they display reduced professional behaviors. For instance, they wearearbuds during class, they show up late to class, they are on their devices more during class, theydo not work to establish meaningful relationships with the instructional team, or they miss classor assignments without communicating with the instructor. Problem-solving these commonchallenges is pertinent to all disciplines. We present an engineering education pedagogicalstrategy and assessment.While the specifics of professionalism is debated [4], [5], [6], there is some consensus around“professional skills”: communication, teamwork, and ethics [7]. Interpersonal skills have beenhighlighted as
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ethical choices made during these stories.”Our results suggest that with this holistic approach of using stories from traditional culture toteach virtue-based engineering ethics, there was more student interest and engagement in theteaching modules. Additionally, stories from traditional culture can serve as a new type of casestudy for teaching virtue-based engineering ethics.7 LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE WORKWith only 44 CHE students and 11 ENVE students who gave consent, our sample size is quitesmall. We will continue this research study in future iterations of the senior design course.Specifically, we plan to develop teaching modules to teach students ethical decision-making, forexample, by incorporating consideration of virtues in existing