A Proposal to Develop and Test an Intensive Short Course to Train Engineering Faculty to Teach Engineering Ethics

这个项目将计划和测试一个密集的工程伦理 工程系短期课程。 课程将采取 为期两到三天的夏季研讨会，秋季研讨会 系列，并于1994年1月举办了为期半天的顶点讲习班。 这些 活动强调案例研究、角色扮演、 沟通技巧，团队教学和两者的应用 分析和创造性思维，以达到解决方案， 工程伦理问题。 该课程将训练 工程系教授讨论部分， 工程伦理课程。 这3个学分，选修 这门课很快将成为大多数工科本科生的必修课 在大学里，每个项目可能涉及多达800名学生， 年 短期课程将使25名教师接触到大部分 课程中涵盖的材料，使他们能够分配和 评分课程，领导讨论，并设定基调， 当然了 因此，这些教师将准备使 写作业，给学生论文打分，引导课堂讨论， 并定下课程的基调。 他们也会更好 准备将伦理案例研究叙述引入他们自己的 工程课程。 其他几个工程学院 德克萨斯A M系统的校园也将被邀请 参加短期课程。 本课程的教师将 来自德克萨斯州A M，以及其他几所大学， 与他们类似的课程已经存在。 这些教师可以 在自己的机构开办类似的短期培训班。 短期课程也可以作为专业课程提供。 专业协会会议上的发展活动， 学费自理。

This project will plan and test an intensive engineering ethics short course for engineering faculty. The course will take the form of a two to three day summer workshop, a fall seminar series, and a capstone half day workshop in January 1994. These activities emphasize case studies, role plays, the development of communication skills, team teaching and application of both analytical and creative thinking to arrive at solutions of problems in engineering ethics. The course will train engineering faculty to teach discussion sections in the engineering ethics course at Texas A&M. This 3 credit, elective course is soon to be required of most engineering undergraduates at the university, and could involve as many as 800 students each year. The short course would expose 25 faculty to most of the material covered in the course and enable them to assign and grade coursework, lead discussions, and set the tone of the course. As a result, these instructors will be prepared to make writing assignments, grade student papers, lead class discussion, and set the tone of the course. They will also be better prepared to introduce ethics case study narratives into their own engineering courses. Several engineering faculty from other campuses of the Texas A&M system will also be invited to participate in the short course. Faculty for the course will come from Texas A&M, and from several other universities where courses similar to theirs are in existence. These faculty may develop similar training short courses at their own institutions. The short course could also be offered as a professional development activity at professional society meetings on a tuition, self supporting basis.