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Connecting Past with Present: A Mixed-Methods Science Ethics Course and its Evaluation.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: Opragen Publications Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9516228 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-5546 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13533452 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Eng Ethics Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Guildford, Surrey, UK : Opragen Publications, c1995-
    • Subject Terms:
      Curriculum* ; Education, Graduate*; Ethics, Research/*education ; Problem-Based Learning/*methods ; Science/*ethics ; Surveys and Questionnaires/*standards; Culture ; Humans ; Social Responsibility ; Students
    • Abstract:
      We present a graduate science ethics course that connects cases from the historical record to present realities and practices in the areas of social responsibility, authorship, and human/animal experimentation. This content is delivered with mixed methods, including films, debates, blogging, and practicum; even the instructional team is mixed, including a historian of science and a research scientist. What really unites all of the course's components is the experiential aspect: from acting in historical debates to participating in the current scientific enterprise. The course aims to change the students' culture into one deeply devoted to the science ethics cause. To measure the sought after cultural change, we developed and validated a relevant questionnaire. Results of this questionnaire from students who took the course, demonstrate that the course had the intended effect on them. Furthermore, results of this questionnaire from controls indicate the need for cultural change in that cohort. All these quantitative results are reinforced by qualitative outcomes.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Cultural transformation; Emotions; History of science; Moral motivation; Moral sensitivity; Questionnaire; Science culture; Science ethics; Science ethics course
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150218 Date Completed: 20170203 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20250114
    • Accession Number:
      10.1007/s11948-015-9626-4
    • Accession Number:
      25688028