Planning to Introduce Legal Ethical, and Value Issues in Engineering Education

美国的本科工程课程要求解决工程伦理问题。工程师和工程专业认识到，学生需要学习如何在做出道德决策时使用和评估现有信息，以及如何测试和发展他们自己对职业道德的看法。他们需要发展必要的思维过程，将信息与可接受的专业行为“规范”结合起来，做出合乎道德的决定。《科学、技术与社会伦理与价值研究》正在支持若干项目，以开发和测试新的课程和教学方法。该项目将召集一个专家小组，制定一个计划和策略，将工程伦理融入工程课程。专家组和相关顾问将审查材料、计划和战略，并制定一套建议和备选方案，以进一步推进这一进程。结果将包括一份提交给NSF讨论下一步的最终报告，一些将在技术会议上发表的论文，以及一份在美国工程教育者协会年会上发表的报告，并发表在其期刊《工程教育》上。这个项目以一种独特的方式解决了一个重要问题。研究团队和合作者是跨学科的，很有资格合作。进一步的努力可能会在本合同期限之后继续进行。项目设计合理；大学的支持很好。因此，建议奖励32 687美元。

Undergraduate engineering curricula in the U.S. require issues of engineering ethics to be addressed. Engineers and the engineering profession recognize that students need to learn how to use and assess available information in making ethical decisions, and how to test and develop their own perspectives on professional ethics. They need to develop the thought processes necessary to integrate information with acceptable professional "norms" of behavior, to make ethical decisions. Ethics and Values Studies in Science, Technology and Society is supporting several projects to develop and test new curricula and teaching methods. This project will convene a panel of experts to develop a plan for programs and strategies to integrate engineering ethics into engineering curricula. The panel and associated advisors will review materials, programs and strategies and develop a set of recommendations and options by which to further this process. Results will include a final report to NSF discussing next steps, a number of papers to be presented at technical meetings, and a presentation for the annual meeting of the American Society of Engineering Educators and for publication in its journal "Engineering Education". This project addresses an important issue in a unique way. The research team and collaborators are interdisciplinary and well qualified to collaborate. Further effort is likely to continue beyond the duration of this award. The project is designed well; university support is good. An award in the amount of $32,687 is therefore recommended.