Teaching "soft" skills in Software Engineering

2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 630-637

  González Morales, Daniel ^a   Moreno De Antonio, Luz Marina ^a   Roda Garcia, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

soft skills; software engineering; student motivation; technical knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COURSE; COMPUTER ENGINEERING; DEGREE PROGRAM; ENGINEERING COURSEWORK; ENGINEERING PROFESSION; HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES; KEY FACTORS; PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT COMPLETION; PROJECT EVALUATION; PROJECT LIFE CYCLE; REAL PROJECTS; SOFT SKILLS; STUDENT MOTIVATION; STUDENT TEAMS; TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNICAL REVIEWS;

DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; INNOVATION; MOTIVATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 79960214287     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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