Title :
General education extra-curricular training program for computer major college undergraduates: Practice and exploration
Author :
Xin Mingjun ; Wu Yue
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Eng. & Sci., Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
On the basis of analyzing market demand of talent positioning for computer professionals in the last three years, it proposes the reform of general education for the freshman of science and engineering professionals, which emphasis on the curricular training and extra-curricular training program for professional education. Furthermore, according to the general education curriculum system executed from next academic year in Shanghai University, it focuses on the key assessment and evaluation methods for extra-curricular training program with comprehensive cultivation of talents, which is named as a core approach both in learning outcomes based general education and in practice based professional teaching and learning. Thus, it provides a dependable practice and exploration platform and brings a new foundation for the creative talents´ training under the teaching and learning background for general education.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational institutions; further education; professional aspects; training; Shanghai University; computer major college undergraduate; computer professionals; engineering professionals; extracurricular training program; general education curriculum system; practice based professional teaching; professional education; science professionals; talent positioning; Computers; Educational institutions; Programming profession; Training; Learning outcomes; curriculum system; evaluation; extracurricular training; general education;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2011 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9717-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCSE.2011.6028755