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Most existing EDP Programs do not maintain the close coordination with industry required to kee p programs relevant and up to date . As a result, students,unprepared for the sophisticated problems the y encounter in industry often must struggle to make the formidable adjustment required . Cooperativ e education programs which attempt to coordinate classroom instruction with on the job training have i n many cases not realized their potential because the student's academic training is too unrealistic t o be of significant help on the job . Our efforts in the classroom must be directed towards preparin g students to deal with the demands that will be made on them as professionals in the computer field . Emphasis must be placed on teaching students methods and techniques for solving their own problem s rather than mearly conveying facts and information . A suggested method for conveying the realism o f industry in the classroom is to replace the traditional student-teacher relationship with one o f employee-supervisor . Students working on individual projects hold pr v i ate meetings with the instructo r in place of class lectures . The complete design, programming, documentation and

Author

Arnow, Barry

Publisher

ACM Press

Published

1978

Language

EN