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From Teaching Software Engineering Locally and Globally to Devising an Internationalized Computer Science Curriculum

From Teaching Software Engineering Locally and Globally to Devising an Internationalized Computer Science Curriculum

Liguo Yu
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522527916|ISBN10: 1522527915|EISBN13: 9781522527923
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2791-6.ch016
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Yu, Liguo. "From Teaching Software Engineering Locally and Globally to Devising an Internationalized Computer Science Curriculum." Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education, edited by Semire Dikli, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 293-320. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2791-6.ch016

APA

Yu, L. (2018). From Teaching Software Engineering Locally and Globally to Devising an Internationalized Computer Science Curriculum. In S. Dikli, B. Etheridge, & R. Rawls (Eds.), Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education (pp. 293-320). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2791-6.ch016

Chicago

Yu, Liguo. "From Teaching Software Engineering Locally and Globally to Devising an Internationalized Computer Science Curriculum." In Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Education, edited by Semire Dikli, Brian Etheridge, and Richard Rawls, 293-320. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2791-6.ch016

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Abstract

Software development is the process to produce an information technology solution to a real-world problem. Teaching and integrating non-technical software engineering skills into the curriculum is considered one of the most challenging tasks in an academic environment. This becomes even more challenging when the curriculum is supposed to be internationalized and applied in different countries because of the cultural difference, policy difference, and business model difference. In this chapter, the authors present their experience of teaching a software engineering course both locally and globally, where two universities of USA and China are chosen for this study. Specifically, they describe how they adjust homework assignments and student performance evaluations to reflect different government policies, different business environment, and different real-world customer requirement. The chapter shows that it is possible to create an internationalized computer science curriculum that contains both common core learning standards and adjustable custom learning standards.

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