Implementing Instructional Modules for Engineering Ethics into Engineering Curricula

공학윤리 교육모듈 컨텐츠를 이용한 전공교과목에서의 공학윤리 교육

  • Lee, Young-Nam (Center for Innovative Engineering Education, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Wook (School of Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University) ;
  • Yu, Ji-Beom (School of Advanced Materials Science&Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Hwang, Sung-Ho (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Soo (School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University)
  • Published : 2007.12.30

Abstract

This study presents how the engineering ethics instructional modules have been developed based on Korean culture and how they are implemented into the existing engineering curricula at Sungkyunkwan University. The engineering ethics instructional modules were designed to be taught by engineering faculty members who did not have any teaching experience in ethics. As a result, it was determined that the engineering ethics instructional modules should include a detailed instructor lesson plan and all supporting resources such as slides (Power Point base), and handouts, or assessment units (pre- and post-test). Two 75 minute modules developed in this study consist of the diverse instructional activities for various student group sizes. In order to improve students' interests and classroom attention, various visual and audio resources such as famous movies, cartoons, and poems were included in the instructional resources. In addition, a number of case studies which might happen in the students' daily lives were chosen. The resulting ethical module No. 1 has been instructed in the existing engineering classes during the 1st semester in 2007. Overall, the students reported positive impressions of the modules and the faculty members also reported favorable perceptions of the modules. Also, team based activities encouraged students to participate in constructing the event trees, which are a basic analysis tool for ethics case studies. The results of this study will provide a guideline of implementing engineering ethics into the engineering curricula to other engineering programs and schools.

본 연구에서는 공학교육 전공 교과과정에서 한국의 사회적문화적 특성을 고려한 문제 중심의 공학윤리 교육 모듈 개발 및 운영 사례를 고찰하였다. 전공 교수들이 독립적인 수업을 할 수 있도록 공학윤리교육 컨텐츠를 교수 제시 자료, 교안, 학습자 자료, 사전-사후설문지로 모듈화 하여 설계하였다. 본 모듈은 전공교과목에 접목할 수 있도록 75분, 2개 모듈로 구성하였고, 대단위/소단위별 교수-학습활동으로 구별하여 제시하고 2007년 1학기에 운영되었다. 또한 학습자의 학습동기를 유발하기 위하여 비디오, 만화, 시 등 다양한 자원을 활용하여 교수 제시 자료를 구성하였고, 공학적 상황에서 경험할 수 있는 친숙한 사례를 선별하였다. 전공 교과과정에서 모듈 1을 운영해 본 결과, 개발된 공학윤리 모듈은 학생들에게 학습동기를 유발시켰고, 토론을 통해 팀별 생각을 담은 사건 흐름도를 작성하는 활동을 통하여 공학윤리에 대한 학습성과를 얻을 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였으며, 강의에 참여한 교수들로부터 긍정적인 반응을 얻을 수 있었다. 본 연구결과는 전공 교과과정에 걸친 공학윤리 교육을 실시하고자 하는 대학교육에 가이드라인을 제공하는 역할을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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