Software Engineering Education Knowledge Versus Industrial Needs

Autor/inn/en	Liargkovas, Georgios; Papadopoulou, Angeliki; Kotti, Zoe; Spinellis, Diomidis
Titel	Software Engineering Education Knowledge Versus Industrial Needs
Quelle	In: IEEE Transactions on Education, 65 (2022) 3, S.419-427 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liargkovas, Georgios) ORCID (Papadopoulou, Angeliki) ORCID (Kotti, Zoe) ORCID (Spinellis, Diomidis)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-9359
DOI	10.1109/TE.2021.3123889
Schlagwörter	Industry; Knowledge Level; Computer Software; Computer Science; Mathematical Concepts; Internet; Computer Graphics; Computer Science Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Industrie; Wissensbasis; Informatik; Computergrafik; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht
Abstract	Contribution: Determine and analyze the gap between software practitioners' education outlined in the 2014 IEEE/ACM software engineering education knowledge (SEEK) and industrial needs pointed by Wikipedia articles referenced in Stack Overflow (SO) posts. Background: Previous work has uncovered deficiencies in the coverage of computer fundamentals, people skills, software processes, and human-computer interaction, suggesting rebalancing. Research Questions: 1) To what extent are developers' needs, in terms of Wikipedia articles referenced in SO posts, covered by the SEEK knowledge units? 2) How does the popularity of Wikipedia articles relate to their SEEK coverage? 3) What areas of computing knowledge can be better covered by the SEEK knowledge units? 4) Why are Wikipedia articles covered by the SEEK knowledge units cited on SO? Methodology: Wikipedia articles were systematically collected from SO posts. The most cited were manually mapped to the SEEK knowledge units, assessed according to their degree of coverage. Articles insufficiently covered by the SEEK were classified by hand using the 2012 ACM computing classification system (CCS). A sample of posts referencing sufficiently covered articles was manually analyzed. A survey was conducted on software practitioners to validate the study findings. Findings: SEEK appears to cover sufficiently computer science fundamentals, software design, and mathematical concepts, but less so areas, such as the World Wide Web, software engineering (SE) components, and computer graphics. Developers seek advice, best practices and explanations about software topics, and code review assistance. Future SEEK models and the computing education could dive deeper in information systems, design, testing, security, and soft skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Tel: 732-981-0060; Web site: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=13
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01