[PRL] Dick Gabriel: tomorrow at NOON in WVH 366

[Matthias Felleisen]

Please come and listen. -- Matthias



	
			Working Knowledge: 
On the Construction of an Effective Master of Software Engineering Program 

       		       Richard P. Gabriel 

I got my undergraduate degree at Northeastern University, and what I think
I learned beyond mathematics was that there is a big difference between
knowing about something and knowing how to do something. The co-op program
gave me the first hints about this, but I learned it thoroughly when I was
taught writing in a sort of apprenticeship context. There we practiced what
I describe as "reflect while doing," and it was the heart of the work of
learning whereas reading and sitting in lectures were secondary(ish). The
idea is not just to practice, practice, practice, but to reflect on what
you're doing, critique what you're doing, critique other work of the same
sort, and to subject yourself to the criticisms of both teachers and
peers. I also learned that criticism and critiques don't have to be severe
and aggressive. 

In this talk, I will show how to turn these ideas into a Master of Software
Engineering program.