EESE: Experiencing Ethics

这一教育项目介绍了休斯顿大学(UH)新颖的科学伦理课程，分为三个层次：理论、案例研究和经验。理论层面确定并解释与研究伦理相关的中心道德问题和原则。其次是对科学伦理学著名案例的辩证考察。课程的顶峰是经验层面，这是一种伦理实践，强调同行评议、人体实验和动物实验等主题，这些主题构成了现代研究生活的基石。实践部分包括将学生安置在参与的实验室或研究小组中，并得到来自密歇根大学和当地医学院的不断扩大的导师小组的支持，以及会议委员会和期刊委员会的支持。在入门课程中，实践持续2-3周，而在高级课程中，学生整个学期都沉浸在实践中；无论持续时间长短，学生在实践的同时，都会在课堂上对相关问题进行更深入的哲学研究。尽管将实践纳入伦理领域是具有挑战性的，但PI相信它具有巨大的价值，因为它将抽象转化为具体。该课程的试点版本使他能够确定并制定程序，以解决与为所有学生寻找安置有关的主要问题，同行评议培训的机制，以及人类/动物研究培训的机制。一系列不同的外联活动与上述活动相辅相成，包括传统的(如研讨会和讲习班组织和出版一本书)以及通过社交媒体(如博客和脸书)的互动，以便让年轻人每天参与道德操守讨论。更广泛的影响：国际和平研究所及其团队为成功实施这一具有挑战性的方法而制定的程序将成为典范并被广泛采用，从而改变年轻研究人员的准备工作。少数族裔机构(德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校)、几个研究实验室以及一些会议和期刊已经表示支持这一倡议并打算参与。这一独特的教育项目将理论分析与通过实践获得的真实伦理经验联系起来，PI认为这种方法可能对具有技术取向和非常实际的世界观的蓝领学生群体特别有效。它将“大声思考”作为一种策略，通过定期征求朋友的反馈，帮助人们应对道德漂移，道德漂移是不道德行为的普遍原因。它倡导大规模使用社交媒体，不仅作为一个全球外联平台，而且作为用于评价目的的终身数据收集工具。

This education project introduces novel science ethics coursework at the University of Houston (UH) that features three levels: theoretical, case studies, and experiential. The theoretical level identifies and explains central moral issues and principles relevant to research ethics. This is followed by dialectic investigation of famous cases in science ethics. The coursework culminates with the experiential level, an ethics practicum with an emphasis on topics of peer review, human subjects and animal experiments, which form cornerstones of modern research life. The practicum element involves student placement in participating labs or research groups, and is supported by an ever-expanding group of mentors from UH and local medical schools, as well as by conference committees and journal boards. In the introductory course the practicum lasts 2-3 weeks whereas in the advanced course students are immersed in the practicum throughout the semester; regardless of duration, concurrently with the practicum students are engaged in the classroom in a deeper philosophical investigation of relevant issues. Although it is challenging to incorporate a practicum into the field of ethics, the PI believes it is of immense value because it transforms the abstract into the concrete. A pilot version of the course offered by the PI allowed him to identify and to formulate processes for addressing major concerns relating to finding a placement for all students, the mechanics of peer review traineeship, and the mechanics of human/animal research traineeship. A diverse set of outreach activities complements the above, and includes the traditional (such as seminar and workshop organization and publication of a book) along with interaction via social media (e.g., blogging and Facebook), in order to engage young people in ethics discourse on an everyday basis. Broader Impacts: The processes developed by the PI and his team in successfully implementing this challenging methodology will serve as an exemplar and be widely adopted, thereby transforming the preparation of young researchers. A minority institution (the University of Texas at Brownsville), several research labs, and a number of conferences and journals have already expressed support for this initiative and their intention to participate. This unique educational program links theoretical analysis to real ethical experiences gained via a practicum, a methodology the PI believes may prove particularly effective with blue collar student populations who have a technical orientation and a very practical view of the world. It advances "thinking aloud" as a strategy to help people deal with ethical drift, a ubiquitous cause of unethical behavior, by regularly soliciting feedback from friends. It advocates the use of social media on a large scale, not only as a global outreach platform, but also as a lifelong data gathering tool for evaluation purposes.