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Engaging software engineering students with employability skills

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Armarego, J. (2018) Engaging software engineering students with employability skills. In: Khosrow-Pour, M., (ed.) Computer Systems and Software Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, pp. 1800-1838.

Link to Published Version: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3923-0.ch075
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Abstract

This chapter explores the findings from an Action Research project that addressed the Professional Capability Framework, and how aspects of this were embedded in an undergraduate Engineering (Software) degree. Longitudinal data identified the challenges both staff and students engaged with. The interventions that were developed to address these are described and discussed. The results of the project show that making soft skills attainment explicit as part of the learning objectives went a long way in assisting students to engage with the activities that exercised these skills.

Item Type: Book Chapter
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Engineering and Information Technology
Publisher: IGI Global
Copyright: © 2018 IGI Global
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/40275
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