Meeting the Challenges of Engineering Ethics Education
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<br>Workshop ETHICS AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION
<br>TU/Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from Thu Dec 12 2019 9:00 to Fri Dec 13 13:00.
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<br>The Ethics Working group of the European Society for Engineering Education
<br>(SEFI) is organizing a dedicated workshop on Ethics and
<br>Engineering Education.
<br>Teachers in engineering faculty face several challenges in teaching ethics.
<br>This workshop focusses on mutual support for solving these challenges. The
<br>workshop will be clustered around 4 relevant themes. Participants are invited
<br>to bring in extra own issues and will work on their challenges to take actual
<br>improvements 'back home'.
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<br>Topics (We are open for input from participants):
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<br>1. Educational methods: Learning activities, learning
<br>materials and other educational elements have a large impact on students'
<br>motivation, basic needs, engagement and deep learning. See example: 2MIN video
<br>impression.
<br>>>> We exchange educational methods and discuss adaptation to your context.
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<br>2. Assessment of students and evaluation of quality of
<br>ethics courses: Increasing the quality of student assessment and determining
<br>the effect of ethics courses can be tough challenge. See example1 and
<br>example2
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<br>>>> Different ways of assessing students in ethics courses and evaluating
<br>quality (effectiveness, learning goals ...) of ethics courses will be shared
<br>and possible applications in your context will be discussed.
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<br>3. Framing "Engineering ethics": Framing engineering ethics
<br>is a must! You might feel comfortable with a definition like this: Engineering
<br>ethics is the study of related questions about the moral ideals, character,
<br>policies and relationships of people and corporations involved in
<br>technological activity (Martin and Schinzinger, 1996).
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<br>>>> We strengthen our reflection on and understanding of what engineering
<br>ethics is for our current time frame and in your context.
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<br>4. Evidence based redesign: Teaching methods appear to be
<br>often driven by custom-and-practice ('I teach the way I have seen others teach
<br>this material') or by naive experimentation ('I have an idea to try out').
<br>Yet, there is now growing evidence about what methods and approaches are
<br>effective in increasing student learning.
<br>>>> We come up with practical ideas how teaching of engineering ethics can
<br>be informed in your context by the evidence available on how people learn to
<br>think, feel and act ethically.
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<br>Practical:
<br>Date: Thursday December 12th 9:00 to Friday December 13th 13:00.
<br>Venue: TU Eindhoven, the Netherlands. More info will follow for participants.
<br>Subscribe and questions: Send email to Gunter Bombaerts,
<br>g.bombaerts@tue.nl before Sunday Dec 1.
<br>Participation is free.
<br>Proposals for other topics: can be submitted until Friday November 15th.
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<br>Looking forward meeting you!
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<br>The SEFI Ethics working Group:
<br>Roland Tormey (EPFL), Mamfred Hampe (TU Darmstadt), Diana Adela Martin (TU
<br>Dublin); Thomas Staley (Virginia Tech), Janna van Grunsven and Pieter de Vries
<br>(TU Delft), Ester Gimnez Carb (Universitat Politcnica de Valncia), Gunter
<br>Bombaerts (TU Eindhoven).
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