Software engineering

Abstract

A much-needed book presenting the latest developments in software engineering education will be published in early 2008 by the IDEA Group, Inc. Titled Software Engineering: Effective Teaching and Learning Approaches and Practices , the book is edited by Heidi Ellis (Trinity College), Steven Demurjian (University of Connecticut), and Fernando Naveda (Rochester Institute of Technology). The book will contain contributions from approximately 20 software engineering educators from around the world and encompasses areas including student assessment and learning, innovative teaching methods, project-based software engineering, educational technology, professional practice and ethics, curriculum management and certification and licensing. To give you a taste of what is coming, tentative chapter titles include Software Engineering Apprenticeship by Immersion, Managing the Intellectual Commons Associated with Academic Software Teams , and Professional Software Engineering Credentials: An International Perspective .