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Case Studies for Teaching Engineering Ethics Workshop

15 Jun 2010

Case Studies for Teaching Engineering Ethics

A workshop for new and experienced teachers of engineering ethics

 

Tuesday 15 June 2010,

Royal Academy of Engineering, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5DG

 

 

This workshop will enable you to consider and actively take part in some highly interactive ethics case studies designed to engage students with the ethical aspects of decision making in engineering. The day will be of interest to academics just starting to teach engineering ethics within their programmes of study as well as those with several years experience.

 

During this workshop, you will:

 

·        Find out about a range of resources available

·        Consider a range of ways to develop teaching sessions focused around the discussion of specific cases

·        Work with others to produce your own detailed case studies

·        Share practical ideas and experiences

 

 

1030               Registration, tea and coffee

 

1100                Dr Lawrence Coates (University of Birmingham)

                        How to find case studies

 

1120                Dr Rob Lawlor (Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL, University of Leeds)

                        Experiencing a case study: From the student’s point of view

 

1230                Lunch

 

1300                Professor Ian Howard (University of Sheffield)

                        Developing a case study: The Hatfield train crash

 

1400                Professor Ian Howard (University of Sheffield)

Writing your own case study: Audience participation

 

1530                Group presentations

 

1615                Plenary discussion and feedback

 

1645                Afternoon tea and networking

 

To register for this event please complete the registration form on the IDEA CETL website:

www.idea.leeds.ac.uk



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