Interactive Session: Including Ethical Discussions in your Technical Classes
- Conference
- Location
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Atlanta, Georgia
- Publication Date
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June 23, 2013
- Start Date
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June 23, 2013
- End Date
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June 26, 2013
- ISSN
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2153-5965
- Conference Session
- Tagged Division
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Engineering Ethics
- Page Count
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9
- Page Numbers
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23.794.1 - 23.794.9
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--19808
- Permanent URL
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https://peer.asee.org/19808
- Download Count
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689
Paper Authors
Rebecca A Bates Minnesota State University, Mankato
Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 2004. She also received the M.T.S. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1993. She is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Integrated Engineering program at Minnesota State University, Mankato, home of the Iron Range and Twin Cities Engineering programs. She was a 2011-12 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation.
Michael C. Loui University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Michael C. Loui is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and University Distinguished Teacher-Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His interests include computational complexity theory, professional ethics, and engineering education research. He serves as Editor of Journal of Engineering Education and as a member of the editorial boards of College Teaching and Accountability in Research. He is a Carnegie Scholar and an IEEE Fellow. Professor Loui was Associate Dean of the Graduate College at Illinois from 1996 to 2000. He directed the theory of computing program at the National Science Foundation from 1990 to 1991. He earned the Ph.D. at M.I.T. in 1980.
Abstract
Interactive Session: Including Ethical Discussions in your Technical Classes The use of case studies is a recognized and powerful method for incorporating engineering ethics into engineering classrooms. However, leading interactive discussions and supporting ethical development is often an untrained skill for engineering faculty. To support ongoing faculty development amongst ASEE conference attendees, an interactive technical session is proposed where an experienced teacher of ethics in engineering contexts will lead attendees through a class-‐length case study chosen to address an issue broad enough to relate to multiple disciplines. After the discussion (about 45 minutes), there will be a 30-‐minute period to reflect on and discuss approaches to incorporating ethics discussion in classes, methods for supporting student discussion and evaluation of the experience. Attendees will interact with the discussion leader as they either hope or expect their students to participate (modeling student behavior). Attendees will be encouraged to observe the process while reflecting on what experiences may or may not work in their own classroom. The goal of this paper is to provide resources and information associated with this interactive “classroom” session. Curriculum information, suggestions for pedagogy, links to online and physical resources including prepared case studies, a biography of the presenter and pointers to useful information about teaching ethics will be presented.
Bates, R. A., & Loui, M. C. (2013, June), Interactive Session: Including Ethical Discussions in your Technical Classes Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19808
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