Diversity in Software Design and Construction Teaching: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Teaching in computing faces challenges concerning technological changes and strategies to encourage student engagement with the teaching–learning process. In software engineering, specifically in the construction of the solution, these challenges are even greater due to technological changes and the evolution of applications. Based on this context, the objective of this work is to present the results of a systematic literature review on the knowledge areas that are central to the software construction process, the Software Design and Construction. The methodology for developing the systematic literature review followed a review protocol in which 51 studies were selected out of 302 studies found by executing a search string in the Association for Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers databases. As a main result, the diversity of teaching strategies applied to the teaching of Software Design and Construction was identified. In addition, amongst the selected studies, we identified that active methodologies are more frequent in the literature.

Keywords

• teaching practices
• software design and construction
• systematic literature review