Perspectives on developing and assessing professional values in computing

Authors:
Ursula Fuller;Joyce Currie Little;Bob Keim;Charles Riedesel;Diana Fitch;Su White
Affiliations:
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK;Towson University, Towson, MD, USA;University of Kent, Canterbury, UK;University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE, USA;University of Southampton, Southampton, UK;University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Venue:
ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper discusses how to ensure that students attain professional values important to the workplace by integrating them into computing curricula. It describes a survey of the attitudes of students, faculty and professionals in computing towards the teaching and assessment of such values. The results show that these groups share a set of professional values, though students are less convinced of their importance in the work environment. There is broad consensus on the specific behaviors and attitudes reflective of these values to be developed in the curriculum. The groups differed in their opinions of whether these attitudes and behaviors could be workably assessed.