Social informatics and service-learning as models for teaching ethical and social issues in science and engineering

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for the treatment of ethical and social issues in science and engineering curricula. This framework is based on the basic foundations of applied engineering ethics, adaptation of the structure of the meta-discipline of social informations, and a developmental variant of the service-learning pedagogy based on Perry's cognitive-structural model for intellectual development. The paper shows how the framework can be implemented across a curriculum and in an issue-specific manner.