| CODE | TEB5005 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Further Pedagogical Considerations to the Teaching of Accounting | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Technology and Entrepreneurship Education | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit equips student teachers with the necessary skills to design course content, lessons and resources required to teach accounting. It exposes students to a wide range of skills to teach the financial statements of different business organisations and not-for-profit organisations. Study-Unit Aims: This unit aims to: - raise an awareness of curriculum design and educational objectives underlying the teaching of accounting at secondary level; - equip student teachers with the necessary skills enabling planning, support and assessment of learners; - develop the necessary skills to design lessons and resources required to teach accounting; - cultivate the needed skills to design questions; - foster a wide range of skills to teach financial statements of different business organisations. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - discuss the sequence by which further accounting topics are best dealt with; - recognise the importance of constructing appropriate assessment tools; - develop diverse pedagogical approaches towards the subject. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - plan meaningful learning events for teaching accounting in mixed-ability settings; - design assessment tools and provide appropriate feedback to learners; - construct good quality educational resources; and - make use of community events/resources for educational purposes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Coucom C. (2005) Teaching and Assessing Skills in Accounting. Cambridge University Press. - Dyson J.R. (2004) Accounting for Non-Accounting Students. Prentice Hall. - Johnson H., Whittam A. & Crawford M. (1998) A Practical Foundation in Accounting. Thomson. - May C. & May G. (2003) Effective Writing: A Handbook for Accountants. Prentice Hall. - Mitchell E. & Sant Fournier A. (2014). Go for Accounting. PEG. - The Psychometric Foundation. (2002) Accounts Matsec Ordinary Level Test Workbook. Merlin. - Wood F. and Robinson S. (2013). Book-Keeping and Accounts. Prentice Hall. - Wood F. and Sangster A. (2015). Business Accounting 1. Prentice Hall. Other readings compiled by tutor. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Emanuel Mizzi Joseph Xuereb |
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