Learning approaches and student perceptions of teaching quality

This research investigated the links between students' personal characteristics, their approaches to learning and their perceptions of teaching quality in a first-year accounting unit. Significant learning differences were found between Australian and Chinese students, and strong inter-relationships between contextual factors, such as teaching quality, and learning approaches were identified.

Codeship: Financing growth: Case study and Teaching note

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Innovation in accounting education

An exploration of a distinctive inter-disciplinary, problem-based, team-based and student centred learning environment: the Inter-disciplinary Industrial Project. Goal-free evaluation shows the IDIP successfully prepares students for the workplace. Case study narratives and outcome oriented conceptual models elaborate a Grounded Theory of Team-based Problem Solving.

Nuevas formas de trabajo autónomo en el aula. Aplicación en la temática contable

El presente artículo intenta reflejar que el trabajo autónomo da mejores resultados para los estudiantes de segundo curso de contabilidad financiera, según la experiencia realizada durante los cursos académicos 2005-2006 y 2006-2007 haciendo que comprendan mejor la materia, se impliquen más, se sientan motivados, favorece la interacción docente-discente, tengan un mayor desarrollo de habilidades prácticas y todo esto conduce a que el número de suspendidos sea menor. Cabe decir que los estudiantes que trabajan y estudian, abandonan las nuevas metodologías de aprendizaje ya que no pueden asistir a clase y no les ayuda a obtener mejores resultados

Un Recurs per a l'aprenentatge autònom dels procediments matemàtics a l'assignatura de comptabilitat

L’objectiu principal de la present comunicació és mostrar el funcionament d’un recurs de reforç de principis matemàtics creat a la Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials de la Universitat de Girona amb la finalitat de: a) millorar l’activitat docent en l’ensenyament, b) centrar l’ensenyament en l’alumne, c) augmentar la capacitat d’aprenentatge autònom dels alumnes, d) potenciar l’autoestima en els alumnes, e) reforçar l’autogestió de l’aprenentatge de coneixements de principis, f) ajudar a determinar les hores de treball autònom de l’alumne necessàries per dominar procediments matemàtics bàsics

Una Proposta de millora de l'aprenentatge de la comptabilitat en el grau d'ADE

En aquesta comunicació presentem una proposta de millora de l’aprenentatge basat en un projecte vertical el qual s’aplicarà a totes les assignatures de Comptabilitat a partir del curs 2010/2011 de l’estudi de Grau d’Administració i Direcció d’Empreses de la Facultat de Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials de la Universitat de Girona. Amb aquest projecte es pretén solventar alguns problemes que es plantegen actualment en la docència universitària, en el rol del professor i en el de l’estudiant

Cultivating creative ecologies : creative teaching and teaching for creativity

Australian universities now commonly list creativity amongst the generic attributes that graduates are expected to have achieved or demonstrated upon graduation. While this reflects emerging local and global trends to encourage creativity at every educational level, creativity as a generic capability has special difficulties. These include problems of definition, its perceived value, the gap between espoused beliefs and practice, and tensions between standards and accreditation agendas and the desire to embed creative outcomes in the curriculum. Contextual and disciplinary differences also shape the expression of creative teaching and teaching for creativity. This paper explores these issues, acknowledging the role of information and communications technologies in shaping the technology-enhanced learning spaces where creativity may emerge. Csikszentmihalyi’s model of creativity as a system of interactions is presented as a useful foundation for furthering the discourse in this domain, along with the notion of creative ecologies as spaces for effecting change.

Teaching building services to architecture and building students

Building environmental services can often be categorised as ‘one of the least desirable courses’ in the curriculum of architecture and building. Nevertheless, it is also one of the most important and confronting subjects in the procurement of real building projects. The principal message to designers is that of spatial requirements while to the builders it may become one of capital cost, installation specifications and maintenance of equipment. Getting these concepts across in a creative, yet project oriented, manner can be challenging to the students and to the lecturer. This paper presents the developments of ten years of teaching the subject, as well as the methods of delivery which have proven to be successful.

Teaching about the Holocaust : essays by college and university teachers

This collection of fourteen essays by renowned scholars in the field of Holocaust studies seeks to reflect on the experience of teaching and researching this complicated and emotional topic. Contained within are the pioneering stories of those presently engaged in the work of Holocaust education. Separately, they represent a variety of disciplines and orientations. Collectively, they give evidence of the strong commitment to continue this important work, and the moral and ethical demands such teaching, writing, and research place upon all who engage in it. Different perspectives from historical, philosophical, and religious frameworks come together to create a unique contribution to the literature on the Holocaust. Educators discuss what they teach, their methodologies and theoretical orientations and reflect on their own journeys that brought them to this field. The unique nature of these stories bring needed background to the field of Holocaust studies and also serve to inspire others to enlarge their thinking and understanding of previous work on this topic. The stories of these committed Holocaust educators will serve to inspire a new generation of thinkers, writers, and activists to engage in such work. In reading their stories, their collective commitment to make a difference today and tomorrow shines through. This volume will be a valuable resource for courses in the Holocaust, contemporary post-Holocaust realities, as well as courses in genocide. Scholars and anyone with an interest in enriching their understanding of the Holocaust will find much within to inspire them and provoke new ideas.