Department of Electrical Engineering, Bilkent University, 06800, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey,
Sci Eng Ethics. 2013 Dec;19(4):1439-50. doi: 10.1007/s11948-011-9329-4. Epub 2011 Nov 23.
The course Science, Technology, and Society is taken by about 500 engineering students each year at Bilkent University, Ankara. Aiming to complement the highly technical engineering programs, it deals with the ethical, social, cultural, political, economic, legal, environment and sustainability, health and safety, reliability dimensions of science, technology, and engineering in a multidisciplinary fashion. The teaching philosophy and experiences of the instructor are reviewed. Community research projects have been an important feature of the course. Analysis of teaching style based on a multi-dimensional model is given. Results of outcome measurements performed for ABET assessment are provided. Challenges and solutions related to teaching a large class are discussed.
安卡拉比尔肯特大学每年约有 500 名工科学生修读“科学、技术与社会”这门课程。该课程旨在补充高度技术性的工程课程，以多学科的方式处理科学、技术和工程的伦理、社会、文化、政治、经济、法律、环境与可持续性、健康与安全、可靠性等方面。本文回顾了任课教师的教学理念和经验。该课程的一个重要特点是开展社区研究项目。本文还基于多维模型对教学风格进行了分析，并给出了基于 ABET 评估的教学效果测量结果。最后，讨论了教授大班课程所面临的挑战及解决方案。
