The PRiME Project A College of Engineering initiative to 主要项目的工程学院的倡议.ppt

The PRiME Project: A College of Engineering initiative to integrate ethics into core courses Hillary Hart (CAEE) Christy Moore (ME) The Chair of Free Enterprise (UT Austin) Vision: To create and nurture a culture of technology innovation, creativity, leadership and enterprise at The University of Texas at Austin and the global community that we serve. The Chair of Free Enterprise and Professional Responsibility The Chair seeks to: Promote critical thinking in the area of engineering professional responsibility Support the ability to identify, develop, and analyze issues in professional responsibility. Ethics are involved in all of these Professional Responsibility topics. Safety and Welfare of the Public (and of Clients) Technical Competence Legal Liabilities of Engineers Environmental Responsibilities Quality Standards Communication/Publication Intellectual Property Professional Ethics Adding professional responsibility to the curriculum is easier said than done. Difficult to add a free- standing course (Davis, 2004). Faculty don’t have the time to research, invent, and develop new material on topics they aren’t familiar with (Herkert, 1999). Students don’t see the relevance. Unless we make ethics “seem a routine part of engineering,” students will resist our best efforts (Davis, 2004). The PRiME Model for Ethics Instruction in Engineering Objective: to enable any engineering instructor to teach ethics and professional responsibility in any course, no matter how much classroom time is available. Secondary benefit ABET a-k PRiME achieves this objective by producing web-based materials in an easy-to-use format that can be used in any engineering class. Six PRiME lessons have been completed and piloted in the classroom. The lessons were created by Engineering Communication faculty. The Challenge a case study or scenario Generate Ideas records students’ prior knowledge Gather Multiple Perspectives resources that shed light on the challenge Resear