Proposal of method of practicing engineering ethics education necessary for promotion of technical talent people
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Engineering ethics is a response to the public's opinions, and "Awareness", "Autonomy", and "Practice" are its basic elements. In Japan, Engineering ethics education is offered at a lot of schools, but actually many of these studies are provided by the lecture method. By using this teaching approach, it is difficult for the students to acquire the three basic elements of engineering ethics. Even if the student understands the content, he feels that he obtained knowledge only, and thus may forget the content of study by the time he/she graduates. Moreover, the time when engineering ethics is really needed is when the student finds employment in an enterprise. Until that time, the engineer should experience continuous motivation toward ethical actions, similar to the soldier in the Trojan horse. We propose adding a fieldwork component with the theme of safety to the engineering ethics education class. To address the problem concerning safety, the students should fulfill this responsibility by communicating and acting in regards to their surroundings. The students' independent behavior in the fieldwork experience should help them acquire the necessary awareness, autonomy, and practice for the basic elements of engineering ethics.And as another method, we have proposed Ethics-Based Engineering (E.B.E), in which engineering judgments are made based on a sense of ethics. EBE allows engineers to have these viewpoints in learning specialized subjects, and helps them nurture an independent spirit.
- 2010-12-01