Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Lingong Road, Ganjingzi Distinct, Dalian, 116024, Liaoning, China.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2024 Oct 17;30(6):50. doi: 10.1007/s11948-024-00506-z.
To facilitate engineering students' understanding of engineering ethics and support instructors in developing course content, this study introduces an innovative educational tool drawing inspiration from the Rubik's Cube metaphor. This Engineering Ethics Knowledge Rubik's Cube (EEKRC) integrates six key aspects-ethical theories, codes of ethics, ethical issues, engineering disciplines, stakeholders, and life cycle-identified through an analysis of engineering ethics textbooks and courses across the United States, Singapore, and China. This analysis underpins the selection of the six aspects, reflecting the shared and unique elements of engineering ethics education in these regions. In an engineering ethics course, the EEKRC serves multiple functions: it provides visual support for grasping engineering ethics concepts, acts as a pedagogical guide for both experienced and inexperienced educators in course design, offers a complementary assessment method for evaluating students learning outcomes, and assists as a reference for students engaging in ethical analysis.
为了帮助工科学生理解工程伦理，并为教师提供开发课程内容的支持，本研究引入了一种创新的教育工具，灵感来自魔方隐喻。这个工程伦理知识魔方（EEKRC）集成了六个关键方面——伦理理论、道德规范、伦理问题、工程学科、利益相关者和生命周期——通过对美国、新加坡和中国的工程伦理教材和课程的分析确定。这种分析是选择这六个方面的基础，反映了这些地区工程伦理教育的共同和独特元素。在工程伦理课程中，EEKRC 具有多种功能：它为理解工程伦理概念提供了直观的支持，为有经验和无经验的教育工作者在课程设计方面提供了教学指导，为评估学生学习成果提供了一种补充的评估方法，并为进行伦理分析的学生提供了参考。
