Ethical Learning in Higher Education: The Experience of the Technical University of Valencia

Autor/inn/en	Boni, Alejandra; Berjano, Enrique J.
Titel	Ethical Learning in Higher Education: The Experience of the Technical University of Valencia
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 34 (2009) 2, S.205-213 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Instructional Innovation; Engineering Education; Ethical Instruction; Program Proposals; Social Responsibility; Competency Based Education; Educational Experience; Humanistic Education; Alignment (Education); Correlation; Foreign Countries; Instructional Design; Program Descriptions; Spain (Valencia) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ingenieurausbildung; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Soziale Verantwortung; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Bildungserfahrung; Humanistische Bildung; Korrelation; Ausland; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf
Abstract	Ethical learning is an educational proposal that aims to prepare students for their future working life by helping them to acquire skills that allow them to carry out their professions with autonomy and responsibility. In this paper, we reflect on the main characteristics of this educational proposal, on its connections with the European Higher Education Area, and on the experience gained at the Technical University of Valencia, which is based on that of a considerable number of teachers and researchers grouped under the Teaching Innovation Group for Ethical Learning in Scientific and Technical Studies (GREVOL). First, we describe the main characteristics of this research and action group and then give two examples of how we have introduced ethical learning into engineering lectures by means of two different approaches: one of these is a technical course, named "Industrial Sensors", and the other is through two humanistic subjects, called "Introduction to Development Aid" and "Development Aid Projects". Finally, we critically assess the advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches: humanistic courses versus engineering courses. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10