Collaborative Research: Responsible Engineering across Cultures: Investigating the Effects of Culture and Education on Ethical Reasoning and Dispositions of Engineering Students

合作研究：跨文化负责任的工程​​：调查文化和教育对工科学生道德推理和性格的影响

• 批准号: 2124984
• 负责人: Qin Zhu
• 金额: $ 40.11万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2124984&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Responsible; Engineering; across

Responsible Engineering Across Cultures: Investigating the Effects of Culture and Education on Ethical Reasoning and Dispositions of Engineering StudentsEngineering is more cross-cultural and international than ever before, resulting in potential disagreements about (in)appropriate courses of action, which can impede engineering work. Despite high rates of international enrollment and an increased focus on global dimensions of engineering in US programs, ethical issues arising from global engineering have been insufficiently addressed. To address these issues, this project will assess the impact of culture and education on ethics among engineering students in North America, Europe, and Asia. Understanding if and how diverse cultural backgrounds and educational experiences affect professional decision-making and collaborations requires empirical investigation, to develop training that addresses the kinds of challenges engineering students, practitioners, programs, and organizations will increasingly encounter in the globalized world. This project will be beneficial for training the next generation of engineers who are competent in working professionally and ethically in the global context and are responsive to the value of diversity in quality and sustainable engineering work. The goal of this project is to identify educational interventions with the greatest effects on ethical reasoning and dispositions of engineering students, whether these effects differ among cultural and national groups, and if/how to modify these interventions to respond effectively to cultural and national differences. To do so, researchers from Colorado School of Mines, University of Pittsburgh, Delft University of Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University will implement mixed-method, quasi-experimental, longitudinal, and cross-sectional research to: (1) determine the effects of culture and foreign language on the ethical perspectives of first-year engineering students; (2) assess the relative effects of culture and education on these perspectives over four years; (3) use engineering ethics assessment tools across cultures and countries to examine their cross-cultural validity. Findings from this project will be essential to develop educational interventions that effectively respond to the globalized environments of contemporary engineering practice. They will also contribute to the development of more inclusive engineering education, by identifying perspectives potentially marginalized in the reigning paradigms. Finally, this project has implications for the development of responsible research education at the graduate level. Despite the fact graduate student bodies in STEM fields have become increasingly international, limited work has focused on developing culturally responsive ethics curricula for graduate students from diverse backgrounds.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

跨文化的负责任工程：调查文化和教育对工程专业学生道德推理和性格的影响工程比以往任何时候都更具跨文化和国际性，导致有关（在）适当行动方案的潜在分歧，这可能会阻碍工程工作。尽管国际招生率很高，而且美国项目越来越关注工程的全球层面，但全球工程所产生的伦理问题尚未得到充分解决。为了解决这些问题，本项目将评估文化和教育对北美，欧洲和亚洲工程专业学生道德的影响。了解不同的文化背景和教育经历是否以及如何影响专业决策和合作需要实证调查，以开发培训，解决工程专业学生，从业人员，项目和组织在全球化世界中将越来越多地遇到的各种挑战。该项目将有利于培养下一代工程师，他们能够在全球范围内以专业和道德的方式工作，并对质量和可持续工程工作的多样性价值做出反应。 该项目的目标是确定教育干预措施的伦理推理和处置工程专业学生的最大影响，这些影响是否不同的文化和民族群体，以及是否/如何修改这些干预措施，以有效地应对文化和民族差异。为此，来自科罗拉多矿业学院、匹兹堡大学、德尔夫特理工大学和上海交通大学的研究人员将实施混合方法、准实验、纵向和横截面研究，以：（1）确定文化和外语对一年级工程专业学生道德观的影响;（2）评估文化和教育在四年内对这些观点的相对影响;（3）使用跨文化和国家的工程伦理评估工具来检查它们的跨文化有效性。从这个项目的调查结果将是必不可少的发展教育干预措施，有效地应对当代工程实践的全球化环境。他们还将通过确定在统治范式中可能被边缘化的观点，为更具包容性的工程教育的发展做出贡献。最后，该项目对研究生阶段负责任的研究教育的发展具有影响。尽管STEM领域的研究生团体日益国际化，但针对不同背景的研究生开发符合文化要求的伦理课程的工作却有限。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Global Engineering Ethics at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (China): Research and Teaching in Cross-cultural, International Contexts

密歇根大学-上海交通大学联合学院（中国）的全球工程伦理：跨文化、国际背景下的研究和教学

• DOI: 10.5840/techne2023120170
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology
• 作者: Clancy, Rockwell F.

Assessing the Effects of a Short-Term Global Engineering Ethics Course on the Development of Engineering Students’ Moral Reasoning and Dispositions

评估短期全球工程伦理课程对工科学生发展的影响——道德推理和性格

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: 2023 Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education
• 作者: Clancy, R. F.;Streiner, S.;Zhu, Q.;Wu, X.;Thorpe, R.
• 通讯作者: Thorpe, R.

Intercultural Ethics for Digital Well-Being: Identifying Problems and Exploring Solutions

数字福祉的跨文化伦理：识别问题并探索解决方案

• DOI: 10.1007/s44206-022-00006-2
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Digital Society
• 作者: Dennis, Matthew J.;Clancy, Rockwell F.
• 通讯作者: Clancy, Rockwell F.

Investigating factors related to ethical expectations and motivations among Chinese engineering students

中国工科学生道德期望和动机相关因素的调查

• DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2022.2066509
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: European Journal of Engineering Education
• 影响因子: 2.3
• 作者: Clancy, Rockwell F.;Ge, Yan;An, Longfei
• 通讯作者: An, Longfei

Global Engineering Ethics What? Why? How? And When?

全球工程道德 什么？

• 作者: Dr. Rockwell Franklin Clancy;Dr. Qin Zhu
• 通讯作者: Dr. Qin Zhu