  Context: With the rising complexity and scale of software systems, there is
an ever-increasing demand for sophisticated and cost-effective software
testing. To meet such a demand, there is a need for a highly-skilled software
testing work-force (test engineers) in the industry. To address that need, many
university educators worldwide have included software-testing education in
their software engineering (SE) or computer science (CS) programs. Objective:
Our objective in this paper is to summarize the body of experience and
knowledge in the area of software-testing education to benefit the readers
(both educators and researchers) in designing and delivering software testing
courses in university settings, and to also conduct further education research
in this area. Method: To address the above need, we conducted a systematic
literature mapping (SLM) to synthesize what the community of educators have
published on this topic. After compiling a candidate pool of 307 papers, and
applying a set of inclusion/exclusion criteria, our final pool included 204
papers published between 1992 and 2019. Results: The topic of software-testing
education is becoming more active, as we can see by the increasing number of
papers. Many pedagogical approaches (how to best teach testing), course-ware,
and specific tools for testing education have been proposed. Many challenges in
testing education and insights on how to overcome those challenges have been
proposed. Conclusion: This paper provides educators and researchers with a
classification of existing studies within software-testing education. We
further synthesize challenges and insights reported when teaching software
testing. The paper also provides a reference ("index") to the vast body of
knowledge and experience on teaching software testing.

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