Ethics Education for Professional Science Master's Programs

这个项目是在专业科学硕士（PSM）教育项目日益增长的领域中创建道德教育材料。其目标是提高学生对重要伦理问题的认识，培养在三个PSM领域工作的未来科学专业人员的批判性思维技能：计算科学、生物科学和环境科学。开发材料的模型被设计为适用于加州州立大学（CSU）系统23个校区内的任何PSM项目，也可以被全国的PSM项目使用。经过评估后，这些材料将被整合到课程材料中。项目团队正在准备学习材料，这些材料反映了PSM专业人员在工作场所经常面临的道德困境和挑战，采用基于问题的学习方法和案例探索。实习指导是为课程整合提供指导。该项目还有一个综合评价部分。加州州立大学（CSU）系统已经在加州启动了15个PSM项目，并正在创建另外15个项目，这一事实产生了更广泛的影响。截至2009年1月，全国60所大学共有120多个专业科学硕士（PSM）项目。PSM项目将科学与雇主相关的商业、管理、通信和法律研究生教育相结合。本课题将研究生学历教育的伦理教育模式拓展到研究生职业教育。随着PSM毕业生走上专业岗位，他们对学术以外的科学研究中的道德和诚信的理解将会增长。这里开发的伦理教育材料将放置在已建立的在线教育资源库中：国家STEM数字图书馆（NSDL）和国际MERLOT高等教育资源库。

This project is creating ethics education materials in the growing area of Professional Science Masters (PSM) education programs. Its goal is to enhance student awareness of important ethical issues and develop critical thinking skills of future science professionals working in three PSM fields: computational, biological, and environmental sciences. The model for developing materials is designed to be adaptable by any of the PSM programs within the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system and can also be used by PSM programs nationally. After evaluation, these materials will be integrated into course materials. Project teams are preparing learning materials that reflect the ethical dilemmas and challenges often faced by PSM professionals in the workplace, using a problem-based learning approach and case exploration. Mentoring in an internship setting is providing guidance for curricular integration. The project also has a comprehensive evaluation component. Broader impacts derive from the fact that the California State University (CSU) System has launched fifteen PSM programs throughout California and is in the process of creating 15 more. Nationally, there are more than 120 Professional Science Masters (PSM) programs in 60 universities as of January, 2009. PSM programs combine science with employer-relevant graduate education in business, management, communications, and law. This project extends ethics education models beyond graduate academic education to graduate professional education. As PSM graduates take professional positions, understanding of ethics and integrity in scientific research outside of the academy will grow. Ethics education materials developed here will be placed in established on-line educational repositories: the National STEM Digital Library (NSDL) and the international MERLOT higher education repository.