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Gunter Bombaerts and Diana MartinTU Eindhoven, the Netherlands Engineers often see themselves as the guardians of the rationality-galaxy. Without rationality, including scientific rigor and engineering efficiency, humanity is completely lost. Corona countermeasures would be up to emotional anti-vaxxers and the…

A Systematic Review on Emotion in Engineering Ethics Education Madeline PolmearUniversity of Florida, USA Emotion is intrinsically tied to ethics, such as being situated in the ethic of care, moral intuition, and moral judgment. Emotion is connected to education through…

More emotional engagement in richer learning environments will elevate awareness and understanding of ethical issues Yeşim Korkut, İstanbul Işık University, Turkey All disciplines, including Psychology, have a responsibility to society to ensure ethical behavior of their members. Ethics education for…

Decolonizing engineering education: a possible path towards a more collective, caring, and empathetic field Giselle GuanesOhio State University, USA In the past few years, engineering education has done a lot of work in the realm of empathy and care. It…

Social intuitionism suggests engineering educators consider ethics education as a long-term socialization process Dayoung KimPurdue University, USA Waking up in the morning, reading a newspaper or listening to a podcast, we encounter various social issues spanning from public health policy…

Experiences of an online conflict management course to support Problem and Project-Based Learning Pia BøgelundAalborg University, Denmark Problem and project-based learning (PBL) is the primary learning philosophy at Aalborg University in the Northern part of Denmark, especially at the engineering…

Alberto Bellocchi, Queensland University of Technology, Australia The last 15 years has seen increased interest in the role of emotions in STEM education. But why should STEM educators care about the emotions? Aren’t the emotions irrational and thereby have no…