Ethics in engineering education: A literature review

Author

Hamad, Jehan Abu ; Hasanain, Maram ; Abdulwahed, Mahmoud ; Al-ammari, Rashid

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng., Qatar Univ., Doha, Qatar

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1554

Lastpage

1560

Abstract

Engineering Ethics is an important topic to be developed in engineering education curriculum. Despite its importance, ethics is not much investigated in engineering education as compared to other disciplines, in particular medicine or biology education. In this paper, a comprehensive review of engineering ethics is provided. The review covers three main topics: 1) Attributes of ethical engineers, 2) Content, logistics and pedagogy of engineering ethics, and 3) Assessment of engineering ethics. A particular focus is given to the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and the Engineering and Science Issues Test (ESIT) that is considered a promising instrument to assess moral judgment development of science and engineering students. Final remarks will conclude the paper.

Keywords

educational courses; engineering education; ethical aspects; DIT; Defining Issues Test; ESIT; Engineering and Science Issues Test; a literature review; biology education; engineering education curriculum; ethical engineers; ethics; medicine education; Cognition; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Ethics; Games; Teamwork; Engineering Ethics; Ethics Assessment; Ethics Pedagogy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Oklahoma City, OK

ISSN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2013.6685099

Filename

6685099