This Explorer was built to help you navigate the landscape of engineering ethics education. Choose a path depending on what you want to do: each path leads you through content such as learning outcomes, graduate attributes, and accreditation criteria, while also pointing you to supporting activities and resources linked to the content. Find your way using the map at top right or by navigating to the links in the menu bar.
The Ethics Learning Landscape illustrates in table form the relationship between learning outcomes, AHEP criteria, graduate attributes, and possible locations for inclusion.
The Accreditation for Higher Education Programmes (AHEP) is a standard produced by the UK's Engineering Council to assess the competence and commitment of engineers and technicians. It is used by Higher Education institutions to achieve accreditation for their engineering programmes. Users outside the UK can refer to their national frameworks or other international competencies to map ethics learning accordingly.
More here: https://www.engc.org.uk/media/3464/ahep-fourth-edition.pdf
Level 1 – Awareness
Level 2 – Sensitivity
Level 3 – Knowledge
Level 4 – Analysis
Level 5 – Reasoning
Level 6 – Judgement
The colours used here across the learning outcomes and their associated ideas are based on Bloom’s taxonomy, a system developed to provide a common language for teachers to discuss and exchange learning and assessment methods. Educators use Bloom’s taxonomy to encourage higher-order thought in their students by building up from lower-level cognitive skills.
The traditional version of Bloom’s taxonomy uses six colours and tiers; we have added one more to include motivation.
Level 7 – Motivation
