THE DOCTORAL EDUCATION PROCESS AND PRODUCT USING CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Abstract

Sweden is seen as one of the most research-driven and educated countries in the world. Thus, Doctoral education is considered one of Sweden's most important parts of higher education. This position paper reflects upon the process and product of doctoral education in Computer Science and Software Engineering in Sweden. The paper provides an overview of doctoral education in Sweden, followed by a practical demonstration of how supervisors and doctoral students could use constructive alignment to achieve the learning outcomes of doctoral education using learning activities and assessment methods to evaluate the learning activities and, by extension, the learning outcomes.