Ethical thinking and programming
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Steffensen, L., Hauge, K. H., & Herheim, R. (2021). Ethical thinking and programming. In D. Kollosche (Ed.), Exploring new ways to connect: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Mathematics Education and Society Conference (Vol. 3, pp. 957–966). Tredition. 10.5281/zenodo.5416599Abstract
There is an increasing prevalence of programming in mathematics education. In this paper, we focus on ethical aspects of programming by first presenting a literature review. Three interrelated topics are identified in the review: reasons to include ethics in programming, code literacy, and facilitating ethical thinking. These three topics are then used to reflect on ethical thinking and programming in three tasks developed by a lower secondary school teacher. We argue that the context of programming tasks such as climate change, sustainability, and decision-making of self-driving cars, can facilitate students’ ethical thinking alongside their learning of how to program.