A comparison of the field data management and its representation in secondary CS curricula
Andreas Grillenberger, Ralf Romeike · 2014
In the last few years, the focus of data management has changed from handling relatively small amounts of data, often in relational databases, to managing large amounts of data using various different database types. In many secondary school curricula, data management is mainly considered from a "database" perspective. However, in contrast to the developments in computer science research and practice, the new and changing aspects of data management have hardly been discussed with respect to CS education. We suggest re-evaluating the focus and relevance of the established database syllabi, to discuss the educational value of the newly arising developments and to prevent the teaching of outdated concepts. In this paper, we will contrast current educational standards and curricula with an up-to-date characterization of data management in order to identify gaps between the principles and concepts of data management that are considered as important today from a professional point of view on the one side, and the emphasis in current CS education on the other side.