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An Education Grounded in Biology: Interdisciplinary and Ethical Considerations
Author(s) -
Gardner Howard
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
mind, brain, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.624
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1751-228X
pISSN - 1751-2271
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-228x.2009.01056.x
Subject(s) - engineering ethics , set (abstract data type) , work (physics) , sociology , epistemology , component (thermodynamics) , ethical issues , philosophy , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , thermodynamics , programming language
ABSTRACT—Work in the new area of Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) raises epistemological and ethical issues. With respect to epistemology, the norms of the component disciplines must be honored and the resulting amalgam must be more than a mere sum of the parts. With respect to ethics, the roles of scientist, educator, and practitioner each raise ethical dilemmas and the MBE worker must be cognizant of each set of dilemmas and the possible strains among them. Only if both of these spheres are confronted can good work be achieved in MBE.