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Teaching Software Engineering in a Multicultural Environment

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Teaching and Learning in a Digital World (ICL 2017)

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Education in multicultural environments poses challenges for both educators and students. Similarly to other subjects, software engineering teaching is faced with difficulties in the need to adapt the teaching style and contents to the various cultural backgrounds of the students. Based on a small-scale study, this paper attempts to highlight perspectives of students belonging to various cultural backgrounds on software engineering, as well as their views on the practicalities of software development.

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  1. University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Simona Vasilache

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  1. Carinthia University of Applied Sciences , St. Magdalen, Kärnten, Austria

    Michael E. Auer

  2. International E-Learning Association Kaleidoscope Learning, New York, New York, USA

    David Guralnick

  3. Obuda University , Budapest, Hungary

    Istvan Simonics

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Vasilache, S. (2018). Teaching Software Engineering in a Multicultural Environment. In: Auer, M., Guralnick, D., Simonics, I. (eds) Teaching and Learning in a Digital World. ICL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 716. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73204-6_40

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