This chapter seeks to support software engineering (SE) researchers and educators in teaching the importance of theory as well as the theorizing process. Drawing on insights from other fields, the chapter presents 12 intermediate products of theorizing and what they mean in an SE context. These intermediate products serve different roles: some are theory products to frame research studies, some are theory generators, and others are components of theory. Whereas the SE domain doesn't have many theories of its own, these intermediate products of theorizing can be found widely. The chapter aims to help readers to recognize these intermediate products, their role, and how they can help in the theorizing process within SE research. To illustrate their utility, the chapter then applies the set of intermediate theorizing products to the software architecture research field. The chapter ends with a suggested structure for a 12-week course on theorizing in SE which can be readily adapted by educators.

翻译：本章旨在支持软件工程（SE）领域的研究者与教育者，阐释理论的重要性以及理论化过程。借鉴其他领域的见解，本章提出了理论化的12种中间产物及其在软件工程语境下的含义。这些中间产物承担着不同角色：有些是构建研究框架的理论产物，有些是理论生成器，另一些则是理论的构成组件。尽管软件工程领域自身缺乏成熟的理论体系，但这些理论化的中间产物却广泛存在。本章旨在帮助读者识别这些中间产物，理解其作用，并掌握它们如何促进软件工程研究中的理论化进程。为阐明其实用价值，本章进一步将这套理论化中间产物应用于软件架构研究领域。最后，本章为软件工程理论化教学提供了一个可被教育工作者直接采用的12周课程结构建议。