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Comparing the Popularity of Testing Careers among Canadian, Indian, Chinese, and Malaysian Students
This study attempts to understand motivators and de-motivators that influence the decisions of software students to take up and sustain software testing careers across four different countries, Canada, India, China, and Malaysia. Towards that end, we have developed a cross-sectional, but simple, survey-based instrument. In this study we investigated how software engineering and computer science students perceive and value what they do and their environmental settings. This study found that very few students are keen to take up software testing careers - why is this happening with such an important task in the software life cycle? The common advantages of a software testing career are learning opportunities and easiness of the job and the common drawbacks are tediousness, complexity, and missing the opportunity to do (software) development. Our findings highlight the importance of depicting software testing activities as a set of human-dependent tasks, and emphasizes the need for research that critically examines the way in which software testers view testing activities
What UAE Software Students Think about Software Testing: A Replicated Study
Software testing is vital to improve software quality. However, software tester role is stigmatized, partly due to misperception and partly due to the treatment of the testing process within the software industry. The present study analyses this situation aiming to explore what might inhibit an individual from taking up a software testing career. In order to investigate this issue, we surveyed 132 senior students pursuing degrees in information systems, information and communication technology, computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, and other closely-related disciplines at three universities in the United Arab Emirates: two publicly funded and one top-notch private university. The students were asked to describe the PROs and CONs of taking up a career in software testing and to ponder the likelihood that they would take up the career themselves. The study identified 7 main PROs and 9 main CONSs for pursuing a testing career, and indicated that the role of software tester is perceived as a social role, which may require as many soft skills as technical prowess. The results also show that UAE software-related students have a stronger negative attitude towards software testing compared to their counterparts in other countries where similar investigations have been carried out in the past three years
What UAE Software Students Think about Software Testing: A Replicated Study
Software testing is vital to improve software quality. However, software
tester role is stigmatized, partly due to misperception and partly due to the
treatment of the testing process within the software industry. The present
study analyses this situation aiming to explore what might inhibit an
individual from taking up a software testing career. In order to investigate
this issue, we surveyed 132 senior students pursuing degrees in information
systems, information and communication technology, computer science, computer
engineering, software engineering, and other closely-related disciplines at
three universities in the United Arab Emirates: two publicly funded and one
top-notch private university. The students were asked to describe the PROs and
CONs of taking up a career in software testing and to ponder the likelihood
that they would take up the career themselves. The study identified 7 main PROs
and 9 main CONSs for pursuing a testing career, and indicated that the role of
software tester is perceived as a social role, which may require as many soft
skills as technical prowess. The results also show that UAE software-related
students have a stronger negative attitude towards software testing compared to
their counterparts in other countries where similar investigations have been
carried out in the past three years.Comment: 9 pagges. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2205.07781,
arXiv:2007.1263
What Malaysian Software Students Think about Testing?
Software testing is one of the crucial supporting processes of software life cycle. Unfortunately for the software industry, the role is stigmatized, partly due to misperception and partly due to treatment of the role in the software industry. The present study aims to analyse this situation to explore what inhibit an individual from taking up a software testing career. In order to investigate this issue, we surveyed 82 senior students taking a degree in information technology, information and communication technology, and computer science at two Malaysian universities. The subjects were asked the PROs and CONs of taking up a career in software testing and what were the chances that they would do so. The study identified 7 main PROs and 9 main CONSs for starting a testing career, and indicated that the role of software tester has been perceived as a social role, with more soft skills connotations than technical implications. The results also show that Malaysian students have a more positive attitude towards software testing than their counterparts where similar investigations have been carried out
Myths and Facts about a Career in Software Testing: A Comparison between Students' Beliefs and Professionals' Experience
Testing is an indispensable part of software development. However, a career
in software testing is reported to be unpopular among students in computer
science and related areas. This can potentially create a shortage of testers in
the software industry in the future. The question is, whether the perception
that undergraduate students have about software testing is accurate and whether
it differs from the experience reported by those who work in testing activities
in the software development industry. This investigation demonstrates that a
career in software testing is more exciting and rewarding, as reported by
professionals working in the field, than students may believe. Therefore, in
order to guarantee a workforce focused on software quality, the academy and the
software industry need to work together to better inform students about
software testing and its essential role in software development.Comment: IEEE Software, Volume 40, Issue 5, pp. 76-84, September/October 202
What Pakistani Computer Science and Software Engineering Students Think about Software Testing?
Software testing is one of the crucial supporting processes of the software
life cycle. Unfortunately for the software industry, the role is stigmatized,
partly due to misperception and partly due to treatment of the role. The
present study aims to analyze the situation to explore what restricts computer
science and software engineering students from taking up a testing career in
the software industry. To conduct this study, we surveyed 88 Pakistani students
taking computer science or software engineering degrees. The results showed
that the present study supports previous work into the unpopularity of testing
compared to other software life cycle roles. Furthermore, the findings of our
study showed that the role of tester has become a social role, with as many
social connotations as technical implications.Comment: 2 page
Advancing a Model of Students' Intentional Persistence in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are powering the
applications we use, the decisions we make, and the decisions made about us. We
have seen numerous examples of non-equitable outcomes, from facial recognition
algorithms to recidivism algorithms, when they are designed without diversity
in mind. Thus, we must take action to promote diversity among those in this
field. A critical step in this work is understanding why some students who
choose to study ML/AI later leave the field. While the persistence of diverse
populations has been studied in engineering, there is a lack of research
investigating factors that influence persistence in ML/AI. In this work, we
present the advancement of a model of intentional persistence in ML/AI by
surveying students in ML/AI courses. We examine persistence across demographic
groups, such as gender, international student status, student loan status, and
visible minority status. We investigate independent variables that distinguish
ML/AI from other STEM fields, such as the varying emphasis on non-technical
skills, the ambiguous ethical implications of the work, and the highly
competitive and lucrative nature of the field. Our findings suggest that
short-term intentional persistence is associated with academic enrollment
factors such as major and level of study. Long-term intentional persistence is
correlated with measures of professional role confidence. Unique to our study,
we show that wanting your work to have a positive social benefit is a negative
predictor of long-term intentional persistence, and women generally care more
about this. We provide recommendations to educators to meaningfully discuss
ML/AI ethics in classes and encourage the development of interpersonal skills
to help increase diversity in the field.Comment: Presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the American Society for
Engineering Educatio
The Impact of English Language Proficiency and Workplace Readiness on the Employment Outcomes of Tertiary International Students (Full Report)
This project examines the influence of English language proficiency (ELP) on workplace readiness and employment outcomes for international students and graduates who seek to work in Australia. The study adopts a mixed method approach involving a detailed review of relevant literature, semi-structured individual interviews and focus groups, and quantitative analyses of three statistical data sets — Australian 2006 Census data, Australian Education International (AEI) data from January 2002 to June 2008, and the former Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia (October 2005 and October 2006).
The qualitative data from the interviews enabled the authors to analyse the topic of investigation from several different perspectives including those of: international students and graduates; local (permanent resident or citizen) students and graduates; representatives of tertiary institutions and VET providers; recent offshore graduate job seekers with overseas qualifications; and Australian employers and regulatory bodies in five professional and three trade fields.
The findings show that international students employment outcomes are not as good as their Australian domestic counterparts and that they face greater challenges in finding full-time employment after graduation. While ELP is a key factor influencing their employment outcomes — particularly if graduates have low levels of ELP — the findings from this study show that ELP is not the only or principal issue.
Employers\u27 first priority is to engage graduates with strong profession-specific skills and then to consider their ‘well-roundedness’. The ‘well-roundedness’ includes graduates’ personal characteristics and attributes, the diversity of their experiences and skills, as well as their ‘cultural fit’ into the workplace.
There is potential to respond to this expectation through policies and practices that support integrated approaches for enhancing ELP and workplace readiness within educational institutions, as well as increasing international students’ awareness of the value of the experiences and skills they can develop outside of their studies
The economic impacts of international student mobility in the globalization process
Globalization, which has various effects on economic, financial, political, sociological and cultural developments, also influences the field of education. One of the outcomes that arise due to the effects of globalization is related to the increase in international student mobility. This has paved the way for the emergence of a new market area in which international students are regarded as a source of income. Purpose of this study is to examine the economic impacts of international student mobility in the globalization process. The document analysis is used in the study. In this study, the data analysis consists of three parts. The first part is about the cost of international education while the second part explicates the economic impacts of international student mobility. Finally, the third part reviews policies aimed at increasing the number of international students. According to the information obtained from this study international students provide significant revenue to the economy of their host country by bearing the cost of tuition fees and non-educational expenses as well as by contributing to the production of knowledge and technology.
The different shades of responsibility: examining domestic and international travelers' motivations for responsible tourism in India
To address the scarcity of research concerning the demand side of responsible tourism, the present study examines the motivations of domestic and international travelers in India. Data were collected using an Internet survey distributed via e-mail and Facebook to the clients of five responsible tourism operators in India. Using Dann's push–pull typology, factor analysis uncovered nine underlying motivations for responsible tourism, with significant differences between domestic and international travelers for these factors. Cluster analysis revealed three distinct segments of travelers – Responsibles, Novelty Seekers, and Socializers – that differ in their core underlying motivations for responsible tourism and in their socio-demographic characteristics. The study contributes one responsibility-specific push and one pull factor to the literature about travel motivation. Also the findings suggest that operators and destination marketers must develop their products and marketing communications to address the heterogeneity of motivations underlying responsible tourism.Accepted manuscrip
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