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Some myths of software engineering education

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ICSE '05: Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Software engineering

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1062455.1062570

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Based on many years of teaching software engineering, I present a number of lessons I have learned over the years. I do so in the form of a series of myths, the reverse of which can be considered challenges to educators. The overall message I wish to convey is that there's more to software engineering than engineering. The engineering metaphor gives us a lot of useful guidance in shaping our profession. But there's also a downside, in that this goes at the expense of the human, social dimension that is an essential element of our profession.

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Lopez NCasallas RVillalobos J(2007)Challenges in Creating Environments for SOA LearningProceedings of the International Workshop on Systems Development in SOA Environments10.1109/SDSOA.2007.3Online publication date: 20-May-2007
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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1134285.1134386

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Some myths of software engineering education
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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Paik HRabhi FBenatallah BDavis J(2011)Service Learning and Teaching Foundry: A Virtual SOA/BPM Learning and Teaching CommunityBusiness Process Management Workshops10.1007/978-3-642-20511-8_70(790-805)Online publication date: 2011
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Stankovic NOsterweil LRombach DSoffa M(2006)Software engineering for undergraduatesProceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering10.1145/1134285.1134386(661-666)Online publication date: 28-May-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1134285.1134386

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