Adopting commercial software in the accounting classroom: A focus on learning

Concerns about the current state of accounting education are well documented. A common anxiety is that students are not prepared to deal with the complex issues and unstructured problems that they will encounter throughout their professional lives. Recent studies conclude that an educational objecti...

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Published in:Journal of accounting education 1993-10, Vol.11 (2), p.275-286
Main Author: Bagranoff, Nancy A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountants
Classrooms
Higher education
Implementations
Learning
Software
Software packages
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Summary:Concerns about the current state of accounting education are well documented. A common anxiety is that students are not prepared to deal with the complex issues and unstructured problems that they will encounter throughout their professional lives. Recent studies conclude that an educational objective for accounting is to teach students how to learn. This paper discusses adopting commercial-use software as an approach to accomplish this objective. The paper also provides an example for an accounting information systems class. Because “learning to learn” involves teaching students learning strategies, accounting educators need to find new ways to help students acquire these strategies. This paper will be useful for instructors seeking ways to assist students in developing strategies for learning that will better prepare them for careers in a complex and dynamic environment.
ISSN:0748-5751
1873-1996
DOI:10.1016/0748-5751(93)90007-6