Collaborative Research: Engineering Ethics Education for Social Justice

合作研究：工程伦理教育促进社会正义

基本信息

批准号：
1933652
负责人：
Elliot Douglas
金额：
$ 15.85万
依托单位：
University of Florida
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-01-15 至 2024-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1933652&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research Engineering Ethics Education

项目摘要

This project aims to serve the national interest by helping engineering students understand social implications of their work. Engineering ethics are the standards that guide the professional conduct of engineers. Formal teaching of engineering ethics is often missing from undergraduate engineering programs. In addition, these ethical standards are often regarded as soft skills that do not count as engineering. The New Jersey Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Florida, aims to teach students engineering ethics within a social justice context. They plan to develop and teach a new course that will help students understand how to use the power of engineering to benefit society. The new course will be implemented at both institutions and preliminary data will be collected to examine the efficacy of the course for engineering ethics education.The project intends to accomplish the following goals: 1) design an engineering ethics course focused on justice and societal impact; 2 ) implement the course in two different institutional settings; and 3) collect preliminary data to determine the efficacy of the new course for engineering ethics education. Expected outcomes of the new engineering ethics course include improved student ability to see alternative perspectives and enhanced student capacity to make ethical decisions. The project will test the hypothesis that teaching engineering ethics in terms of justice and societal impact yields better outcomes than other approaches. The project team includes a philosopher with 15 years of experience in teaching ethics and an engineer with 22 years of experience in engineering education, making it well-qualified to undertake this research. A diverse advisory board, which includes experts in anthropology, community engagement, and science and technology studies, will provide feedback throughout the project. Given the pivotal role of ethics education in the management of the benefits of technological innovations, this research contributes to the advancement of research in service of the welfare of the American public. Engineers have the potential to benefit society in many ways, especially if they see engineering as inherently connected to societal impact. By developing courses focused on justice and societal impact, this project has the potential to transform engineering education to produce engineers focused on using the power of engineering to benefit society. This project is supported by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources Program, which supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Engaged Student Learning track, the program supports the creation, exploration, and implementation of promising practices and tools.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.

该项目旨在通过帮助工程学生了解其工作的社会影响来服务国家利益。工程伦理是指导工程师专业行为的标准。本科工程计划通常缺少对工程伦理的正式教学。此外，这些道德标准通常被视为不算是工程学的软技能。新泽西理工学院与佛罗里达大学合作，旨在在社会正义背景下教授学生工程伦理。他们计划开发和教授一门新课程，以帮助学生了解如何利用工程学的力量使社会受益。新课程将在机构中实施，并将收集初步数据，以检查工程道德教育课程的功效。该项目打算实现以下目标：1）设计针对正义和社会影响的工程道德课程； 2）在两个不同的机构环境中实施课程； 3）收集初步数据，以确定新课程的工程伦理教育的功效。新的工程道德课程的预期成果包括提高学生的能力，可以看到替代观点和提高学生做出道德决策的能力。该项目将检验以下假设：与其他方法相比，在正义和社会影响方面，教学伦理学的教学伦理可以产生更好的结果。该项目团队包括一位拥有15年教学经验的哲学家，以及一名具有22年工程教育经验的工程师，使其合格地进行了这项研究。包括人类学，社区参与和科学技术研究专家在内的多元化顾问委员会将在整个项目中提供反馈。鉴于伦理教育在管理技术创新的好处中的关键作用，这项研究有助于研究为服务于美国公众福利的研究。工程师有可能以许多方式使社会受益，尤其是当他们认为工程学与社会影响固有联系时。通过开发着专注于正义和社会影响的课程，该项目有可能改变工程教育，以创造专注于利用工程学能力使社会受益的工程师。 NSF改善了本科STEM教育：教育和人力资源计划，该项目支持研发项目，以提高所有学生STEM教育的有效性。通过参与的学生学习轨道，该计划支持有希望的实践和工具的创建，探索和实施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估的评估来支持的。