Socio-ethical Education in Nanotechnology Engineering Programmes: A Case Study in Malaysia

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1341-1355

  Balakrishnan, Balamuralithara ^a   Er, Pek Hoon ^b   Visvanathan, Punita ^b  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Nanotechnology engineering; Socio ethical education; Students' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGINEERING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCIENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84883830411     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-012-9418-z     Document Type: Review

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