Teaching Engineers
(Resource Collection)
A collection of essays with suggestions for teaching individual engineers about a variety of topics relating to ethics and responsibility.
Active Learning in an Asynchronous Learning Environment: A Classroom Demonstration
(Web Page on this Site)
A classroom demonstration that uses role playing and group and individual decision making to explore decisions about web censorship
Speaker's Guide for the Presentation: How to Be a Good Engineer
This set of pages comprises a sample lecture that might be given to an audience of engineering students on the topic of the importance of ethical behavior in the engineering profession. Text for slides, an annotated bibliography, and several examples of engineering ethics pledges and oaths are also included. The talk was prepared by the authors for the Ethics Committee of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Washington, DC.
Teaching Ethics Across the Engineering Curriculum
An essay by Michael Davis exploring the teaching of ethics and how problems used in ethics courses are developed.
EC2000 and the Engineering Ethics Dilemma
A page about EC2000 and dilemmas faced in engineering ethics.
Intergenerational Instruction in Engineering Ethics about the Future
This essay discusses various methods by which ethics are taught as a part of the engineering curriculum.
Practical Ethics through Philosophy: Meditation, Readings, Case Work
This essay discusses practical ethics through basic philosophy, incorporating three main elements: ethical thought, ethical definition, and ethical values.
Role Playing in an Engineering Ethics Class
This is an article by Michael C. Loui discussing role playing as an educational tool.
Want to Help Students Learn Engineering Ethics? Have Them Write Case Studies Based on Their Research/Senior Design Project
This essay suggests teaching engineering ethics by having them write case studies based on their own projects.
Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web
This paper focuses on the use of the World Wide Web in courses and course units dealing with engineering ethics and/or the social implications of engineering.