Book chapter
Constructive alignment in SE education: aligning to what?
Software engineering: effective teaching and learning approaches and practices, pp.15-37
Information Science Reference
2009
Abstract
Practitioner studies suggest that formal IT-related education is not developing the skills and knowledge needed by graduates in daily work. In particular, a shift in focus from technical competency to the soft and metacognitive skills is identified. This chapter argues that a framework for learning can be developed that more closely models the experiences of practitioners, and addresses their expectations of novice Software Engineers. Evaluation of a study incorporating three Action Research cycles shows that what is needed is a mapping between the characteristics of professional practice and the learning model that is applied. The research shows that a relationship also exists between learner and learning model, and that this relationship can be exploited in the development of competent discipline practitioners.
Details
- Title
- Constructive alignment in SE education: aligning to what?
- Authors/Creators
- J. Armarego (Author/Creator)
- Contributors
- Heidi J. C Ellis (Editor)Steven A Demurjian (Editor)J. Fernando Naveda (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Software engineering: effective teaching and learning approaches and practices, pp.15-37
- Publisher
- Information Science Reference; Hershey, PA
- Identifiers
- 991005540233607891
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2009, IGI Global
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
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