A study of accounting students' motives, expectations and preparedness for higher education

Byrne, Marann; Flood, Barbara

doi:10.1080/03098770500103176

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“…Peers or friends [29]- [31] may provide information, opinions, verbal encouragement,and support regarding the selection of their major subjects.This is however contradicted with the findings of [23] where peers had very little influence on their decision.…”

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Parental and Peer Influences upon Accounting as a Subject and Accountancy as a Career

Hashim¹,

Embong²

2015

JOEBM

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Abstract-The study sought to investigate the level of influence between parents and peers of Malaysian school students in selecting their career choice as accountants. The study used a mixed approach of both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The sample comprised of 309 secondary school students studying accounting principle or commerce subject as respondents to this research. The findings revealed that parents, mothers, in particular are more influential in career choice of the secondary school students compared to their peers. The study discovered that parents' educations have no influence over their children's choice of career. The findings from his study will help teachers and educators have a greater sensitivity to, and a better understanding of the impacts parents and peers' influence have on school students' career choice, as accountant is a worthy profession for them to venture into.

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Parental and Peer Influences upon Accounting as a Subject and Accountancy as a Career

Hashim¹,

Embong²

2015

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“…[6] In a crosscultural study, considerable variation is observed between students in four settings with regard to perceptions of preparedness for higher education. [7] Lecturers are important role-players in the learning context for students, and the latter, in turn, are important role-players in the teaching environment for lecturers. [8] One of the principal objectives of a health science course is that students should progressively gain the ability to identify the relevant learning issues.…”

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Relationship between student preparedness, learning experiences and agency: Perspectives from a South African university

Roman

Titus

Dison

2016

AJHPE

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Background. One of the more discernible needs that challenges universities is addressing the level of preparedness of students entering the higher education environment. Students expect to participate in active learning, while at the same time adopting a certain level of agency to successfully pass through higher education. Objective. To determine the relationship between student preparedness, learning experiences and agency of students in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (FCHS), University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 266 (N=578) conve nience sampled 3rd-year students in the FCHS. Data were collected with an instrument constructed from items of evaluation from the departments in the FCHS and other validated instruments. Results. Findings suggest that 3rd-year students perceive themselves as moderately prepared on enrolling at UWC (mean (SD) 13.74 (1.86)); current learning experiences are favourably indicated (94.04 (15.32)). On average, students perceive themselves to be agents of their own learning (51.56 (8.79)). Furthermore, a significantly positive relationship was found between learning experiences and agency. Conclusion. This study broadens our understanding of the Vygotskian perspective of the zone of proximal development, where students bring their own knowledge, interact with lecturers who scaffold their learning, and then become agents in their own learning.

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“…(Biggs, 1996:348) Biggs's understanding of the determining influences students may have on the teaching and learning environment is supported by a variety of authors in the field of Accounting education (Byrne & Flood, 2005;Duff, 2004;Duff, Boyle, Dunleavy & Ferguson, 2004;Lucas & Meyer, 2004;Ramburuth & Mladenovic, 2004). The changed and increasingly diversified student populations in higher education across the world (Cross, 2004;Drost, 2002;Lowe & Cook, 2003) amplify the need for Accounting lecturers to take note of their students' assumptions, motives, intentions, and previous knowledge that may influence student success (Byrne & Flood, 2005).…”

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Student Perceptions of the Factors Influencing their Success in First-year Accounting

Steenkamp¹,

Baard²,

Frick³

2009

Focus on First-Year Sucess Perspectives Emerging From South Africa and Beyond

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A study of accounting students' motives, expectations and preparedness for higher education

Cited by 168 publications

References 28 publications

Parental and Peer Influences upon Accounting as a Subject and Accountancy as a Career

Parental and Peer Influences upon Accounting as a Subject and Accountancy as a Career

Relationship between student preparedness, learning experiences and agency: Perspectives from a South African university

Student Perceptions of the Factors Influencing their Success in First-year Accounting

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