Using the defining issues test for evaluating computer ethics teaching

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Staehr, Lorraine J ^a   Byrne, Graeme J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Defining issues test; Development; Ethics education; Moral; Professional ethics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; CURRICULA; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER ETHICS; ETHICS EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ETHICS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0037946949     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2002.808274     Document Type: Article

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