TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring engineering student ethical competencies during industrial internships
AU - Jiménez, Patricia P.
AU - Pascual, Jimena
AU - Wilson, Pamela
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Competence-based curriculums are a global trend in engineering education. The ethical competence is relevant in the curriculum due to the impact engineers have on society. Assuring the quality of engineering student outcomes is often complex, and it is more so for ethical competencies due to its nature and the way it is developed. The objective of this research is to evaluate the perception of ethical competence in engineering students during their internships. To do this, the conation and action components of ethical competence are operationalized so they can be observed by supervisors. Ethical competence is measured through rubrics that evaluate interns performance and behaviors in day-to-day job activities. This five-year study was conducted at the School of Industrial Engineering, where 850 students were evaluated. Results allowed for the design and implementation of activities to help students improve their achievements in components in which they obtained lower marks. This study also provided feedback on the curricular design of the undergraduate industrial engineering program.
AB - Competence-based curriculums are a global trend in engineering education. The ethical competence is relevant in the curriculum due to the impact engineers have on society. Assuring the quality of engineering student outcomes is often complex, and it is more so for ethical competencies due to its nature and the way it is developed. The objective of this research is to evaluate the perception of ethical competence in engineering students during their internships. To do this, the conation and action components of ethical competence are operationalized so they can be observed by supervisors. Ethical competence is measured through rubrics that evaluate interns performance and behaviors in day-to-day job activities. This five-year study was conducted at the School of Industrial Engineering, where 850 students were evaluated. Results allowed for the design and implementation of activities to help students improve their achievements in components in which they obtained lower marks. This study also provided feedback on the curricular design of the undergraduate industrial engineering program.
KW - assessment
KW - competences
KW - engineering education
KW - ethics
KW - internship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85162732070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EDUCON54358.2023.10125181
DO - 10.1109/EDUCON54358.2023.10125181
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85162732070
T3 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
BT - EDUCON 2023 - IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Proceedings
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 14th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2023
Y2 - 1 May 2023 through 4 May 2023
ER -