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dc.contributor.authorLau, Shiew Wei
dc.contributor.authorTan, Terence
dc.contributor.authorGoh, Suk Meng
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:27:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:27:37Z
dc.date.created2014-02-25T20:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationLau, Shiew Wei and Tan, Terence Peng Lian and Goh, Suk Meng. 2013. Teaching Engineering Ethics using BLOCKS Game. Science and Engineering Ethics. 19 (3): pp. 1357-1373.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46496
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11948-012-9406-3
dc.description.abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of a newly developed design game called BLOCKS to stimulate awareness of ethical responsibilities amongst engineering students. The design game was played by seventeen teams of chemical engineering students, with each team having to arrange pieces of colored paper to produce two letters each. Before the end of the game, additional constraints were introduced to the teams such that they faced similar ambiguity in the technical facts that the engineers involved in the Challenger disaster had faced prior to the space shuttle launch. At this stage, the teams had to decide whether to continue with their original design or to develop alternative solutions. After the teams had made their decisions, a video of the Challenger explosion was shown followed by a post-game discussion. The students’ opinion on five Statements on ethics was tracked via a Five-Item Likert survey which was administered three times, before and after the ethical scenario was introduced, and after the video and post-game discussion. The results from this study indicated that the combination of the game and the real-life incident from the video had generally strengthened the students’ opinions of the Statements.

dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.subjectEngineering ethics
dc.subjecthistorical case-scenario
dc.subjectdesign game
dc.subjectvideo
dc.titleTeaching Engineering Ethics using BLOCKS Game
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume19
dcterms.source.startPage1357
dcterms.source.endPage1373
dcterms.source.issn13533452
dcterms.source.titleScience and Engineering Ethics
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