A study into effects of technical and social changes on computer science curriculum

摘要

In afield that evolves as rapidly as computer science, educational institutions must adopt explicit strategies for responding to change and must establish an ongoing review process that allows individual components of the curriculum to be updated on a recurring basis. But the changes should not sacrifice the central themes of computer science- hardware, software, algorithms , and theory. The curriculum must reflect the integrity and character of computer science as a discipline. In this paper we identify some areas where the computer science curriculum has been compromised and draw several key principles for curriculum design.