Abstract

For several decades, there have been warnings about certain ethical faults in engineers regarding corruption in different works, which lead to collapses and the death of people, calling engineering into question and affecting the social development of communities. Ethics is an educational responsibility, the ethical debate must take place inside and outside the classroom, since studies carried out in different universities indicate that ethics continues to be a pending subject in engineering programs. This study seeks to contribute to educational innovation for the teaching of ethics in engineering through documentary review and interviews with students and teachers. It was found that the education of ethics in engineering should be included in the curriculum as an important factor in the training of engineers, from a practical dimension, which includes the study of cases, moral dilemmas, and based on problems applied to the environment.

Alternate abstract:

Durante varias décadas, se ha alertado sobre ciertas faltas éticas en ingenieros respecto a corrupción en diferentes obras, que llevan a colapsos y la muerte de personas, poniendo en tela de juicio la ingeniería y afectando el desarrollo social de las comunidades. La ética es una responsabilidad educativa, el debate ético debe darse dentro y fuera del aula, pues estudios realizados en diferentes universidades, indican que la ética sigue siendo una asignatura pendiente en los programas de ingeniería. El presente estudio busca aportar a la innovación educativa para la enseñanza de la ética en la ingeniería a través de revisión documental y entrevistas a estudiantes y profesores. Se encontró que la educación de la ética en la ingeniería debe incluirse en el currículo como un factor importante en la formación de ingenieros, desde una dimensión práctica, que incluya el estudio de casos, dilemas morales, y basada en problemas aplicados al entorno.

Details

Title
Curriculum analysis of ethics in engineering: a case study
Author
Ponce-Correa, Andrés Mauricio  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Alexander Alonso Ospina-Ospina  VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rosa Elvira Correa-Gutierrez  VIAFID ORCID Logo 
Pages
67-73
Section
Artículos
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
ISSN
00127353
e-ISSN
23462183
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3099483970
Copyright
© 2022. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.