Motivation, expectation, and preparation for higher education of first-year accounting students

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Nhu Le Thi Bao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
First Year

scholarly journals ANALISIS MOTIVASI DAN EKSPEKTASI MAHASISWA DALAM MENEMPUH PENDIDIKAN TINGGI AKUNTANSI

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Nurniah Nurniah
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
Academic Confidence ◽  
Dominant Motivation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Career Focus

This study aims to compare the most dominant motivation factor encourage students pursue accounting higher education at polytechnic and university, and to compare the most dominant expectation factor held by students in doing accounting higher education at polytechnic and university. Research sample are taken purposively, those are the first year accounting students in  Diploma Four Program at four State Polytechnics and Strata One Program at four State Universities. Research data is qualitative from primary source that is collected by questionnaire and measured using Likert Scale. Analytical method is descriptive quantitative. The study results shows that:(1) Self development is the most dominant motivation factor encourage students pursue accounting higher education at universities, followed by career focus and social norm. Meanwhile, career focus is the dominant motivation factor encourage students pursue accounting higher education at polytechnics, followed by self development and social norm, and (2) Academic confidence is the most dominant expectation factor held by students in doing accounting higher education at polytechnic as well as university, followed by intellectual growth and social opportunity.

scholarly journals A FIELD STUDY ON THE REASON TO CHOOSE THE PROGRAMME, MOTIVES, PREPAREDNESS TO UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ACCOUNTING PROGRAMME STUDENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Zeynep Hatunoğlu ◽  
Ahmet Kaya ◽  
Filiz Angaykutluk
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
First Grade ◽  
Female Students ◽  
University Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Professional Career

This paper examines the perceptions of first-year students (freshmen) of accounting at Akdeniz University (AU) and Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University (KSU) to explore a range of factors which impact on students’ learning: their motives for entering higher education, their rationale for selecting an accounting programme, their preparedness for further study and their expectations. The study also explores the influence of these antecedent variables on academic performance in the first accounting module. Data was collected from 420 accounting students in first year classes at the AU and KSU. The data required for this study was collected via a questionnaire which was developed by Byrne and Flood in 2005 known as the Motives, Expectations and Preparedness for University (MEPU) questionnaire. Results show that there is a relation between interest in accounting as professional career and accounting first grade. First semester average mark shows positively that the willingness of accounting as a career influence the grades positively. KSU students rated higher than AU students in some statements of motives for attending university, preparedness for university, reason for choosing accounting programme. It can also be said that female students and KSU students have stronger motives and higher expectations for entering higher education.

A Compass During the Storm: Offering Students Critical Rigor for Polarizing Times

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Wender ◽  
Valerie J. D’Erman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Objective ◽  
First Year

ABSTRACT Teaching and learning in higher education is occurring, unavoidably, within the broader civic context of today’s extraordinarily polarizing political times. We seek to help students situate themselves with respect to and, above all, thoughtfully assess others’ as well as their own perspectives on issues of profound contention, without contributing to exacerbated polarization ourselves. Specifically, we offer students in our first-year exploratory political science course a vital tool—critical rigor—for navigating but not being inundated by the storm. This article discusses our experiences in teaching the course titled, “The Worlds of Politics,” as we attempt to help students deeply engage in cognitive processes of critical thinking and analysis, without undue infringement from their own—and least of all our own—personal political biases. Our focal learning objective is the cultivation of critical-thinking skills that promote students’ drawing of distinctions between advocacy and analysis, as well as their discerning civic engagement.

A necessary evil? The rise of online exam proctoring in Australian universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1329878X2110058
Author(s):  
Neil Selwyn ◽  
Chris O’Neill ◽  
Gavin Smith ◽  
Mark Andrejevic ◽  
Xin Gu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Automated Systems ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Student Groups ◽  
Surveillance Technology ◽  
Online Examination ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Necessary Evil ◽  
Australian Universities

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the rapid but sometimes controversial take-up of ‘online examination proctoring’ systems by universities keen to maintain their assessment schedules during times of campus closure. Following the theoretical tradition of media ‘domestication’, this article examines the mainstream adoption of different online proctoring systems in Australian higher education during the first year of the pandemic. Through analysis of interviews, documents, news, social media and marketing materials, the article examines the ‘appropriation’, ‘objectification’, incorporation’ and ‘conversion’ of proctoring technology from the perspective of commercial providers, university authorities, university staff and student groups. This raises a number of critical issues underpinning the adoption of this exam surveillance technology – not least the surrender of control to commercial providers, the hidden labour required to sustain ‘automated’ systems and the increased vulnerabilities of ‘remote’ studying.

Overconfidence of vocational education students when entering higher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark P. Bowden ◽  
Subhash Abhayawansa ◽  
John Bahtsevanoglou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
First Year ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – There is evidence that students who attend Technical and Further Education (TAFE) prior to entering higher education underperform in their first year of study. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of self-efficacy in understanding the performance of students who completed TAFE in the previous year in a first year subject of microeconomics in a dual sector university in Melbourne, Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilises data collected by surveys of 151 students. Findings – A student’s self-efficacy is positively associated with their marks in a first year subject of microeconomics. However, the relationship between final marks and self-efficacy is negative for those students who attended TAFE in the previous year suggesting that they suffer from the problem of overconfidence. When holding self-efficacy constant, using econometric techniques, TAFE attendance is found to be positively related to final marks. Research limitations/implications – The findings are exploratory (based on a small sample) and lead to a need to conduct cross institutional studies. Practical implications – The research points to the need for early interventions so that TAFE students perform well in their first year of higher education. It also points to potential issues in the development of Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) programs. Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to examine the inter-related impact of attendance at TAFE in the previous year and self-efficacy on the subsequent academic performance of TAFE students.

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