出版社：International Association for Computer Information Systems
摘要：This paper presents the results of a survey conducted with the objective of finding out the relative importance of various database techniques and topics as perceived by practitioners. The survey provided practitioner feedback in differentiating topics that students need to be competent in from those that they need to know or merely need to be exposed to. For example, the survey found that over 57% of practitioners believe ‘normalization of databases’ to be a topic that students should become competent in. 72% of respondents believe that students should be competent in SQL Queries. In contrast, only 10% of respondents believe that students should become competent in CASE tools. Most respondents believe that students need only be exposed to the topic of ‘Data Dictionary’. The results of the survey are likely to provide guidance to database instructors about the degree of effort to be allocated to different topics/ techniques in the course. The results have been used to guide curriculum revision in the database course for computer information systems major at a regional university.
关键词：Database management; database design; databases; information systems
