一句话：本文基于职业身份文献设计工具 DreamBig，并通过行业焦点小组验证其帮助计算专业学生建立职业身份的价值。
计算专业学生普遍以就业为目标，但往往缺乏对成为专业人士所需条件的认识，也缺少职业身份、实践共同体归属和职业榜样等支持，课程又偏重知识技能。本文利用职业身份文献提出工具 DreamBig 的初始设计，旨在帮助学生从课程之外建立更宏观的职业发展图景。研究通过行业代表焦点小组测试该概念。结果表明该倡议具有价值，并突出以整体视角看待职业发展的重要性，尤其需要关注计算学生与毕业生的社会维度。
Obtaining employment is a major aim for many students completing a computing degree. However, students often fail to develop a comprehensive plan to achieve this goal as they have insufficient awareness of what is required to become a professional. In addition, computing degrees and curriculum generally focus on the necessary computing knowledge and skills, often ignoring development around identity, belonging to a community of practice, and connecting with professional role models - components necessary to build a viable professional identity. This paper explores ideas on how to broaden the perspective of students undertaking computing degrees, helping them understand the broader picture of their education, beyond coursework units, that is needed to ensure their successful transition to industry. Literature on professional identity is used to inform the initial design concepts for a tool, DreamBig, that aims to support the development of an emerging professional identity for students undertaking computing degrees. A focus group with industry representatives was used to test the concept. Findings of this study highlight the value of this initiative and indicate the importance of a big picture, holistic view of professional development with a particular focus on the social dimension for computing students and graduates.
@inproceedings{TubinoMWC23,
title = {Shaping a Tool for Developing Computing Students’ Professional Identity - Industry Perspectives},
author = {Laura Tubino and Kerri Morgan and Guy Wood-Bradley and Andrew Cain},
booktitle = {ICSE},
year = {2023},
doi = {10.1109/icse-seet58685.2023.00034}
}