This is not specifically for software engineers and it has a schools focus but the signature pedagogies we have developed around six engineering habits of mind might be something you could adapt:

Technical Report Thinking like an engineer: implications for the education system.

Technical Report Learning to be an Engineer: Implications for the education system

Dear Juha Kamarainen ,

The traditional view of software engineering was that it is algorithms + data structures. This implies a close relationship with discrete mathematics. Having taught this subject for a while I discovered that most students struggled with the logic side but enjoyed the algorithms.

There is a useful framework by Pask on operational learning which might be very relevant.

The curriculum can be supplemented with simulation software for planning and analysis which is the basis for determining the software engineer’s practical experience.

Many thanks, Bill Lucas & Peter Samuels!

The references given by Bill reminded me of Tracy Kidder's book "The Soul of a New Machine" (1981). In late 1970s Kidder was observing a development project at Data General, which finally introduced Eclipse MV/8000, a 32-bit supermini computer codenamed Eagle during the project. Kidder discussed "engineering mind" from many different angles in the book, for example in terms how people with different skill sets can support each other but also how difficult it can be.

Peter, you probably refer to articles like Pask, G. (1976). Style and strategies of learning. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 46, 128-48, if I got it right? For example Choo (1996) "The knowing organization: How organizations use information to construct meaning, create knowledge and make decisions" is a very interesting and relevant reference to Pask's works from my point of view.

Personally I have had a short period as a programmer in late 1980s, and now I am looking relevant ways & means to update my skills and combine them with research background in information studies (formerly called library and information science). Besides information studies and information processing, my backgrounds originate from studies in psychology and general linguistics.

I have been focusing on issues related to information / knowledge use, so the meanings people give to the contents offer especially interesting issues. In my PhD I discussed a few ways students at Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences seem to conceptualize knowledge use in the context of their BA theses.

Software engineering is important for teacher and students to understand the online system in teaching-learning process.

Bonjour Monsieur Juda. Les approches pédagogiques que'utilisent un enseignant sont sélectionnés en fonction de l'énoncé ainsi que les éléments de de compétence. Il est important de varier et d'utiliser plusieurs approches pédagogiques afin de soutenir l'intérêt des apprenants, surtout pour une formation à distance ou l'implication ponctuelle des participants est moins mise de l'avant

Software engineers can build something very well that they might not understand. Business experience is the best teacher. Individuals who really know what the business needs to achieve and the logic of achieving it can build something they do understand and that does what it needs to do.

Many thanks, Merci beaucoup, Johannes Hölken

Good point Mister Juha. Software industry use a lot of drawings and make the connections between the different applications. The candidate can easily rely on a diagram to position the correlation of the programs.

I believe that, just like learning a foreign language, immersion in the activity and culture of delivery is important. You can learn structure of language and such, but the idiomatic expressions and techniques come from innovative and diverse teams working together continuously.