Student Academic And Professional Organizations: An Effective Vehicle For Enhancing The Educational Experience Of Accounting Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
William D. Cooper ◽  
Helen A. Kennedy ◽  
Mark Kiel ◽  
Ida Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Year 2000 ◽  
Accounting Graduates

Accounting graduates entering the work environment are often criticized for the quality of their communication skills and leadership ability. In response to these and other problems, members of the AICPA recently voted to restrict membership in the Institute after the year 2000 to those individuals who have obtained a minimum of 150 semester hours of higher education. Moreover, several states (for example Florida, Utah, Hawaii, and Tennessee) have adopted a similar 150 semester hour requirement. While these steps may enhance the communication skills of students this talent may also be developed through the effective use of student academic and professional organizations as an extension of the educational process. This article presents a two-tiered organizational structure and activities which can be used to mitigate these deficiencies in the account students educational background.

Accounting students’ perceptions of important business communication skills for career success

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 208-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Atef Oussii ◽  
Mohamed Faker Klibi
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Career Success ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Accounting Practice ◽  
Graduate Unemployment ◽  
Accounting Graduates

Purpose This paper aims to examine the business communication skills that accounting students see as having the highest importance for career success. It also explores the current levels of development of these skills and analyzes them through a comparative study between three Tunisian business schools. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a questionnaire sent to180 students from three business schools to provide insights into the development of communication skills perceived important for a successful accounting career. Findings The results indicate that all students are conscious of the importance held by communication skills for career success in the accounting profession. However, they feel that their aptitudes are sometimes poorly developed, especially when it comes to proficiency in French (as a language of business in Tunisia) and written skills. Practical implications The paper’s findings offer important guidance concerning the communication skills that accounting students consider most needed by the Tunisian labor market. The findings of this study may be useful for curriculum development in local and international contexts. Originality/value This study is conducted in a developing country where the graduate unemployment rate is about 30 per cent. This high unemployment often affects service professions like accounting. Moreover, in Tunisia, accounting education focuses particularly on technical aspects. So far, no studies have been conducted to show whether students nowadays are aware of the increasing importance of generic skills in accounting practice. As a result, the conclusions of this study could provide Tunisian stakeholders with insights into ways of potentially improving accounting graduates’ employability.

scholarly journals Incorporation of Anti-Corruption Digital Content into Engineering Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Safonova
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
High Level ◽  
Effective Use

Vocational education of a modern person is a comprehensive acquisition of knowledge not only in the field of a future specialty but also in the field of anti-corruption norms and rules that extend their effect to the field of activity of a future engineer. The requirements for the level and quality of modern vocational education determine the objectives of modern vocational education in professional educational institutions of higher education. The effective use in the educational process of the achievements of modern digital technologies in the study of non-core disciplines is a prerequisite for the formation of a professionally-oriented personality, with a high level of anti-corruption legal consciousness. The subject of the study was the capabilities of modern technical means for transmitting the studied information of anti-corruption content to the student, the prospects for the development of their use in studying the provisions of the legislation on anti-corruption regulation in the Russian Federation. The method of this study was – the analysis of the modern digital environment of the educational process.

scholarly journals Improving The Oral Presentation Skills Of Accounting Students: An Experiment

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Christensen ◽  
Jeffrey Barnes ◽  
David Rees ◽  
Gerald Calvasina
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Presentation ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Accounting Faculty ◽  
Accounting Professionals ◽  
Timely Feedback ◽  
Oral Presentations ◽  
Oral Skills ◽  
Accounting Graduates

Numerous surveys of accounting professionals have established the importance of communication skills for newly-hired accounting graduates, and challenge business schools to revise curricula accordingly. To determine if the oral skills of accounting students can be improved, two oral presentation assignments were given to students in six accounting classes at a small western university. The oral presentations were evaluated on ten oral communication skills recently judged by accounting professionals to be most important for new hires to possess. Feedback was provided after the first presentation. Results showed that oral presentation skills improved significantly after the first presentation. Accounting students can improve their oral presentation skills if the accounting faculty is committed to providing timely feedback.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AS A METHOD OF FORMING STUDENTS ' INFORMATIONAL SKILLS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

Globus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khorlan Nurzhanovna Ashimova
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Computer Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication

The article discusses the benefits of using digital technology in the process of forming students' information and communication skills during the educational process. The role of digital technologies in modern pedagogy is evaluated, its advantages used in pedagogical education are listed. The author emphasizes the importance of information and computer technologies in improving the quality of student learning.

scholarly journals Teacher Attitudes to Professional Development of Proficiency in the Classroom Application of Digital Technologies

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Štefan Karolcík ◽  
Elena Cipková ◽  
Ian Kinchin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
Biology Teachers ◽  
The Real ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
School Practice ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Educational Contents

<p class="apa">The paper deals with research focused on the opinions and attitudes of biology teachers on the application of digital technologies in the process of learning and teaching. The respondents were teachers, who participated in the national project called “Modernization of the Educational Process in Elementary and Secondary Schools” realized in Slovakia between 2008–2013.</p><p class="apa">We briefly describe the course and the contents of individual modules, which were focused on the development and acquisition of specific skills in the field of effective use of modern educational technology. The key role in the methodical preparation of teachers was played by the 3rd module, which aimed to present the teachers with the examples of meaningful and methodically well prepared application of digital technologies in the teaching process, especially in connection with current digital educational contents and the curriculum of biology subject.</p><p class="apa">The second part of the study includes analysis of satisfaction among the course participants with the content, level of expertise and difficulty level of the course, as well as the analysis of their opinions and attitudes on usability of created and available model methods in the real school practice. In conclusion, we present suggestions which could, facilitate improving the quality of biology teaching in schools, in order to reflect the real needs of society.</p>

METHODICAL ASPECTS OF USING MENTAL MAPS IN TRAINING OF BACHELORS OF PEDAGOGICAL SPECIALITIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-63
Author(s):  
M. A. Rodionov ◽  
A. V. Dikov ◽  
I. V. Akimova
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
State University ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
New Material ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Basic Configuration

The article discusses the possibilities of using mental maps in training of bachelors of pedagogical specialties. Technological and didactic features of online services for developing mental maps, such as Mindmaps, Mind42, etc. are described. Methodical aspects are presented also by the description of the principles of introduction of mental maps in training process accompanied with concrete examples. The organization of work on using mental maps in real educational process has to be determined by a number of the methodical principles among which, in particular, one can indicate the principle of freedom of choice of a format of representation of the described object and communications between its elements. Such a choice assumes a possibility of some variation of this or that basic configuration depending on preferences of the student. The principle of activity is to provide conditions for purposeful mastering by students separate actions to build mental maps and operating with them, as well as combinations of these actions of varying degrees of generality. The principle of full coverage involves creation of various opportunities of effective use of mental maps at all stages of educational process (an explanation of new material at lectures, fixing it on laboratory and practical classes, self-preparation for the current and final assessment). The proposed methodological solutions were successfully tested in Penza State University with second and third year students of the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the study of the discipline “Programming”. As a result of approbation, students had accumulated a kind of bank of mental maps of various formats and different degrees of generality. This bank was actively used in the course of the current and final diagnostics of students’ preparation in the subject. As a result of approbation, the significant advantages of using mental maps in terms of the quality of students’ preparation in the discipline, which was especially clearly manifested in relation to the initially lagging students, were found out.

The use of electronic educational environment for interdisciplinary relations on the example of professional study on business – informatics bachelor program

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariya V. Ushakova ◽  
Aleksey V. Gabalin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Business Informatics ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Impact

Purpose of the study. The aim of the study is to analyze the optimal conditions for the use of electronic educational environment and competence-activity approach in the educational process of the university for the training of bachelors in the direction of “business informatics”.The urgency of the problems outlined in this article is determined by the need to develop human resources in the field of information technology and improve the quality of training in this area.The object of the research is the training of full-time students of educational institutions of higher professional education, carried out in the conditions of education informatization.Materials and research methods. The article analyzes the possibility of effective use of electronic educational resources in the educational process in terms of informatization of higher education, as well as the impact of the use of the competence-activity approach and interdisciplinary connections on the development of students’ professional competencies.Results. Taking into account the analysis carried out on the use of electronic educational environment at NUST “MISiS”, it is shown that it is promising to be shared with the competence-activity approach in order to bring the training of IT specialists in line with modern requirements at the shortage of time resources.Conclusion. In the transition to a digital economy in our country, it is necessary to form the approaches to the training of IT industry specialists. The use of the electronic educational environment “LMS Canvas” at the NUST “MISiS” and the competence-activity approach, which implies not the message, but the formation of students’ knowledge in the process of implementing the project development, has proved its effectiveness in preparing bachelors in the direction of “business informatics”. This approach made it possible, through effective use of interdisciplinary connections in the e-learning environment, to involve students in the process of active learning, to improve the process of key competencies forming, to improve substantially the quality of diploma works and their practical significance, as well as to increase the level of compliance with global trends in the field of higher education informatization.

scholarly journals GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
Galina P. Lavrentieva
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Effective Use

The article highlights the causes of insufficient effective use of electronic learning resources and sets out the guidelines on ways to solve the aforementioned problems. The set of didactic, methodical, psychological, pedagogical, design and ergonomic quality requirements is considered for evaluation, selection and application of information and communication technologies in the educational process. The most appropriate mechanisms for the ICT introduction into the learning process are disclosed as it should meet the specific learning needs of the student and the objectives of the educational process. The guidance for psycho-educational assessment of quality of electronic educational resources is provided. It is argued that the effectiveness of the ICT use is to be improved by means of quality evaluation mechanisms involved into the educational process.

scholarly journals IMPROVING QUALITY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS BY RAISING TEACHERS’ COMMUNICATION SKILLS

2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Mateja Ploj Virtič ◽  
Robert Repnik
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Communication Ability ◽  
Personal Orientation ◽  
The University ◽  
Different Levels

The quality of the educational process can be measured by different criteria. These criteria are based on factors, including good communication as an important aspect. Similarly to good communication being able to improve the quality of life, the quality of the educational process largely depends on the communication ability of teachers or implementers of education. In his or her job, the teacher has to master communication on different levels: with his or her superior (the principal), colleagues, parents and pupils (students). Not only does the teacher have to educate students by example, he/she occasionally also need to provide assistance in solving conflicts so as to avoid peer violence. During their studies at the university, student teachers should acquire good communication skills. Even though these have been introduced in the content of pedagogical study programmes, their extent is still not sufficient. This paper presents an example of trial Communication in Education laboratory work that was implemented with three generations of 4th year students – future teachers of technical education. Their reaction was very positive and they expressed the desire for additional work to be prepared. Key words: communication process in the school, personal orientation, reference framework, teacher education.

INFORMATION BATTLE AS A FORM OF EDUCATIONAL WORK

2019 ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
E. A. Dolgikh
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Specialist Training ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Individualize Learning

The technology of the information battle is a two-stage activity in the formation of the students’ research and communication skills, as well as the ability to independently study the proposed topic and present it to the others. It optimizes the educational process, changes not only the student’s learning activity, but also the teacher’s position, makes it possible to individualize learning, improve the efficiency of the pedagogical process, ensuring the quality of specialist training at a competitive level. An option is given to use technology in a class on #СТОПВИЧСПИД.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document