Re: [ossig] (Fwd) STI News: Firm discovers good IT help hard to find

[Nan Phin <nplee@tm.net.my>]

SC as a "science" subject(like biology, physics...), should hv both theory and practical.

eg. data structure and algorithms, principle of programming languages shld
be thought in year 1 to built the foundation, while the practical part they
can choose java or C as the means or tools to demonstrate the theory.

with open source, the opportunities to learn is even greater, subjects such
as the principle of operating system, networking in year 2 or 3 can be tough
with lab session to analyze OSS source code, for example file handling,
interrupt, piping, semaphore etc. and assignment given to enhancement
the os capability, writing new communication protocols.

as for the IDE environment, perhaps there should be a subject on programming
env and methodology, where  students is expose to code reading, code analyser,
remote debugging, cvs, and automated testing..... which is very lacking in MY.

all school should practice at least a 3 months industrial attachement, and b4 that the
student should be thought about analysis and design principle, using UML upper case
tools and code generation/adaptation as in their practical session, they should also
be thought about accounting and erps information systems to appreciate the good
business process design and practices so that the can reflect better during the
industrial training periods.

in my opinion, these are all possible today....
but the issues of human capital (lecturer and intake) may be the critical success
factors.

best wishes.

Loke Kar Seng wrote:

> > Now, they teach students to write visual basic programs....no principles taught here, just one
> > non standard implementation of an old teaching language, which leads to bad programmer
> > portability.
> > What happened to teaching good programming principles in pascal ?
>
> students are on a fast track, thinking of making tons of money after
> graduation. So if you teach a dead language (ie not used commercially),
> even though good in principle, who would sign up? Institutions need to
> make money as well. So what do they teach? The latest and slickest. In
> the interplay of mindset and economics, it is no wonder that knowledge
> gets butted out. The media has a role to play to change mindset instead
> of parroting IT company claims.
>
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best wishes.
/nan phin

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