Teaching Engineering Ethics Through a Psychology Course
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Published:2021-01-19
Issue:1
Volume:11
Page:16
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ISSN:2192-4880
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Container-title:International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
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language:
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Short-container-title:Int. J. Eng. Ped.
Author:
Hanh Nguyen Van,Long Nguyen Tien,Duyen Nguyen Thi,Canh Phan Thi Thanh,Long Nguyen Thanh,Thang Mai Duc
Abstract
While ethics instruction is now widespread, studies are still looking for different ways to integrate ethics in engineering programs. In this article, we propose a novel approach by teaching engineering ethics through a psychology course. Starting with the relevant literature studies, we have argued that the phenomeno-logical experience of ethics is a source to explain psychological truths, while en-gineering ethics can be better taught from psychological / behavioral perspectives. A pedagogical approach of experiential learning has been applied to integrate engineering ethics into the psychology course. The empirical study with 400 stu-dents in psychology courses show that teaching engineering ethics through a psychology course has a significant effect on improving the knowledge of engi-neering ethics for students. The relationship between the two pre- and post-test scores was a strong positive linear relationship. A regression equation with a slope of a straight line of 0.57 and a constant of 1.52 has been provided to predict the improvement of post-test scores through pre-test scores. This study proposes the formation of a "psychology and ethics" module in technical schools.
Publisher
International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)
Subject
General Engineering,Education
Cited by
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