The scientific method as a didactic alternative of values education for engineering schools

Abstract

In this work the main ideas of Values Education are discussed, and the implicit way in which they appear when it is taught how theories about the behavior of nature are proposed and tested. First, the principles and objectives of Values Education are exposed. Then, the basic principles of the Scientific Method are shown. Finally, it is observed that when implementing the Scientific Method, the principles of Values Education are implicitly applied. To make this idea more explicit, flowcharts are used, showing the influence of the decisions taken from a hypothesis (Scientific Method), and its relation with the basic principles of Values Education. Thus, a possible bi-univocal relationship between the Theory of Values Education and the Scientific Method is sought, which allows us to use this method to strengthen the appropriation of values in students.