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Understanding Ill-Structured Engineering Ethics Problems Through A Collaborative Learning And Argument Visualization Approach, Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Jason Borenstein
Understanding Ill-Structured Engineering Ethics Problems Through A Collaborative Learning And Argument Visualization Approach, Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Jason Borenstein
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
As a committee of the National Academy of Engineering recognized, ethics education should foster the ability of students to analyze complex decision situations and ill-structured problems. Building on the NAE’s insights, we report about an innovative teaching approach that has two main features: first, it places the emphasis on deliberation and on self-directed, problem-based learning in small groups of students; and second, it focuses on understanding ill-structured problems. The first innovation is motivated by an abundance of scholarly research that supports the value of deliberative learning practices. The second results from a critique of the traditional case-study approach in engineering …
Why The Presentation Of Arguments In Logical Form Has Advantages, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Why The Presentation Of Arguments In Logical Form Has Advantages, Michael H.G. Hoffmann
Michael H.G. Hoffmann
An argument map, created in AGORA-net, that justifies the claim that the representation of arguments in logical or deductive form has advantages (zoom in to read it).