Ethics is one component of science. However, science teachers have ignored the ethical aspect as one integral part of science. The purposes of this study were fourfold: to describe the characteristics of the ethical aspect of science; to analyze the n...
Ethics is one component of science. However, science teachers have ignored the ethical aspect as one integral part of science. The purposes of this study were fourfold: to describe the characteristics of the ethical aspect of science; to analyze the need of teaching/learning of ethical aspect of science; to investigate teaching/learning principles of ethical aspect of science; and to develop a teaching/learning model and teaching/learning strategies of ethical aspect of science. The present study used literature survey method and the results showed that the ethical aspects of science should be included in teaching/learning materials for secondary school science. Other results and conclusions were described in the paper. Also described were teaching/learning model and a few teaching/learning strategies.