Embedding Ethics in Computer Science Courses: Does it Work?
Embedding Ethics in Computer Science Courses: Does it Work?
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将道德融入计算机科学课程：有效吗？
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发表时间：
2022
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通讯作者：
Benjamin Wald
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作者：
Diane Horton;Sheila A. McIlraith;Nina Wang;Maryam Majedi;Emma McClure;Benjamin Wald
技术正在塑造人们生活、工作和互动的方式，我们计算机科学项目的毕业生越来越多地发现自己设计的算法和使用的数据引发了他们可能没有意识到或没有能力解决的道德问题。多年来，思考技术在社会中的作用的课程一直是课程的标准课程，但通常是可选的。一种新兴的替代方案是将道德讨论作为模块嵌入到计算机科学课程中。这种方法提供了在学生学习技术内容时将道德问题与技术内容联系起来的机会，并让学生在整个学位期间反复讨论这些问题。然而，人们对嵌入式道德教育对学生的影响知之甚少。我们报告了一项研究，该研究检验了嵌入到 CS2 课程中的两个道德模块的影响。我们描述了我们的教学目标和实现这些目标所采用的策略，以及我们的研究。我们发现，完成这些模块后，学生对道德和技术的兴趣以及识别、提出和讨论道德问题的信心显着增加。该研究还表明我们实现了教学目标。这些结果表明，即使是适度的干预也能产生积极的影响。我们希望我们的教学方法和评估结果的阐述能够鼓励其他人将道德模块嵌入到他们的课程中，在嵌入的道德教学法方面进行创新，并对计算机科学教育这一新兴领域的有效性进行原则性评估。
Technology is shaping the way people live, work, and interact with each other, and graduates of our computer science programs increasingly find themselves designing algorithms and using data that raise ethical issues they may not be aware of or equipped to address. Courses that contemplate the role of technology in society have been a standard, but often optional, part of curricula for years. An emerging alternative is to embed ethical discussions as modules within CS courses. This approach offers the opportunity to tie ethical issues to technical content at the moment students learn it, and to have students engage with these issues repeatedly throughout their degree. However, little is known about the effect of embedded ethics education on students. We report on a study examining the impact of a pair of ethics modules embedded into a CS2 course. We describe our pedagogical goals and the strategies employed to realize them, as well as our study. We found that students' interest in ethics and technology, and their confidence in identifying, raising, and discussing ethical issues, increased significantly after completing the modules. The study also demonstrated that we achieved our pedagogical goals. These results show that even a modest intervention can have a positive impact. We hope that the articulation of our pedagogical approach and our assessment results will encourage others to embed ethics modules into their courses, to innovate with respect to embedded ethics pedagogy, and to do principled assessment of what is effective in this emerging area of CS education.
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22.7
作者：
Burton, Emanuelle;Goldsmith, Judy;Mattei, Nicholas
通讯作者：
Mattei, Nicholas