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Developing a software engineering curriculum for the emerging software industry in China

  • Ciarán O'Leary*
  • , Deirdre Lawless
  • , Damian Gordon
  • , Li Haifeng
  • , Kamal Bechkoum
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Technological University Dublin
  • National Pilot School of Software, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Wolverhampton

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

China currently has one of the world's fastest growing software industries. However the demand for skilled software engineers is currently outstripping supply. Educational institutes are the primary provider ofsofiware engineers. Not only can China's educational institutes not meet the demands of software engineers in terms of quantity, the quality of software engineering graduates at the moment is considered insufficient. The need for educational institutes to be more aware of industry requirements for software engineering graduates and to tailor the curriculum and teaching and learning practice to better fulfill these has been recognized as critical to China's success. To assist with this the Emersion project was established in 2003 to attempt to exchange knowledge and expertise between the EU and China with the goal of developing an industry-oriented education model for software engineering in China. In this paper, we describe our experiences in developing the curriculum which is at the heart of this model and which is based unpublished best practice and experience of industry and academia in the EU and China.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 19th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2006
Pages115-122
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event19th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2006 - Turtle Bay, HI, United States
Duration: 19 Apr 200621 Apr 2006

Publication series

NameSoftware Engineering Education Conference, Proceedings
Volume2006
ISSN (Print)1093-0175

Conference

Conference19th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityTurtle Bay, HI
Period19/04/0621/04/06

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