Introducing 6-12 Grade Teachers and Students to Computational Thinking
A. Dean Fontenot, Richard A. Burgess, Vinitha Hannah Subburaj, D Nash · 2020
He oversees the day to day operations of the Center's distance learning courses for both engineering students and practicing engineers.Additionally, he co-teaches an on-campus ethics course for undergraduate students.Burgess provides guest lectures on ethics throughout the Whitacre College of Engineering.Burgess has also begun working closely with Texas Tech's T-STEM Center to incorporate ethics into K-12 STEM education.The push to increase the number of students pursuing STEM careers needs to be accompanied by a sophisticated understanding of the complexity of technology.Ethics is a key part of this complexity and the next generation of STEM professionals will need the skills to effectively engage the ethical challenges they will face.Burgess is a regular presenter on incorporating ethics in a K-12 setting.A theme throughout these roles is the importance of teaching ethics and promoting ethical reflection in a way that is both accessible and substantive.This is a challenge that Burgess is keenly interested in.He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Philosophy.