The Pros And Cons Of STEM And Ethics

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According to Hom (2014), “STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications” (p. 1). STEM and ethics share some commonalities. Steele (2016) describes “ethics simplistically as dealing with “questions of good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, and justice and injustice” (p. 365). After reading more about STEM and ethics it is evident that one commonality they share is they both have a common decision making process. “STEM disciplines to make ethical decisions and to have the moral conviction to adhere to those decisions” (Barry, 2012, p. 5). With that being said, ethics and STEM could go hand in hand since ethics focuses on values and morals. Along with having a common decision making process, both ethics and STEM, focus on problem solving. “Ethics …show more content…

The teacher would pose the question “What if your teacher was a robot?” The teacher would then discuss with students how robots are beginning to replace humans in the workforce. Students would then work in groups to research about current robots being used in the workforce. While researching, they would be working towards answering possible questions such as: Should a robot involved in disaster recovery tell people the truth about what is happening if that risks causing a panic?; Should a robot operated car swerve to miss a pedestrian to instead hit moving cars?; Should robots be responsible for operating on humans? After student groups have selected their question and have formulated their answer, they will work to determine how we could use robots in the workforce or if not in the workforce,

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