Integrating Professional Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Sustainability into Power System Analysis Education for the Low-Carbon Power System Transition

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jnse.202617201

Author(s)

Yibo Zhou*, Jun An, Shi Zhang

Affiliation(s)

Key Laboratory of Modern Power System Simulation, Control and Green Electric Energy Technologies, Ministry of Education, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China *Corresponding Author

Abstract

As power systems evolve toward low-carbon, renewable-rich, and increasingly inverter-dominated configurations, Power System Analysis must support not only technical mastery but also students' understanding of safety, professional ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability. This paper proposes a value-integrated teaching framework for Power System Analysis in which disciplinary content remains central while broader educational aims are embedded through course design. The framework aligns (1) knowledge points, linking load flow, short-circuit calculation, stability analysis, renewable integration, and intelligent operation with issues such as reliability, safety, engineering judgment, and decarbonization; (2) teaching methods, using case-based learning, problem-based learning, project-based learning, flipped-classroom discussion, collaborative learning, and structured reflection to make these dimensions explicit within technical work; and (3) assessment, combining examinations with process evaluation, project deliverables, and reflective outputs. The article is positioned as a conceptual curriculum-design study grounded in recent engineering-education and power-system literature. Rather than claiming causal learning effects without evidence, it offers an analytically justified reform framework and identifies how future empirical studies may evaluate student learning, ethical reasoning, and systems thinking in this course context.

Keywords

Power System Analysis; Engineering Ethics; Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Engineering Education; Renewable Integration

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