Title :
The Future of Human Resources Qualifications in Software Engineering - Meeting Demands from Industry and Benefiting from Educational and Technological Advances
Author :
Gimenes, Itana M S ; Barroca, Leonor ; Barbosa, Ellen Francine
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Inf., Univ. Estadual de Maringa, Maringa, Brazil
Abstract :
The recent economic growth in Brazil has resulted in a strong demand for human resources qualification. Software Engineering education, in Brazil, offers qualifications at all levels: undergraduate, further education and postgraduate. However, current market demand indicates a mismatch between the academic provision and the industrial demand. To address this mismatch, it is important to take into account the large geographic distribution of Brazil and its regional inequalities. We suggest that innovative strategies in education including Distance Education, Open Education and Open Educational Resources will need to play an important role in the future of professional qualifications in Brazil. This raises opportunities and challenges that can only be addressed by a strong interdisciplinary research and political agenda. This paper discusses the scenario of the Software Engineering education in Brazil and presents research questions and political issues associated with the future of human resource qualification in this area.
Keywords :
computer science education; distance learning; further education; human resource management; qualifications; software engineering; Brazil geographic distribution; Brazil regional inequality; educational advance; further education level; human resources qualifications; innovative strategy; open education; open educational resources; political issues; postgraduate level; software engineering education; technological advance; undergraduate level; Context; Educational institutions; Humans; Industries; Qualifications; Software engineering; Software engineering; distance education; human resource qualification; open educational resources; professional education;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering (SBES), 2012 26th Brazilian Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4472-2
DOI :
10.1109/SBES.2012.19