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Accounting Education and the Provision of Soft Skills: Implications of the Recent NZICA CA Academic Requirement Changes
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Low, Mary; Samkin, Grant; Liu, Christina – e-Journal of Business Education and Scholarship of Teaching, 2013
This research examined the role of accounting education in the provision of soft skills to accounting graduates, and how this may be affected by the recent changes in academic requirements initiated by NZICA. A qualitative research method utilizing in-depth interviews was conducted with accounting graduates, partners of the Big4 accounting firms,…
Descriptors: Accounting, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Qualitative Research
Primary School Science Teachers' Perspectives regarding Their Professional Development: Implications for School Districts in South Africa
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Bantwini, Bongani D. – Professional Development in Education, 2012
Perceptions play a significant role in an individual's decision-making. This paper reports on a study that investigated primary school science teachers' perceptions of their school district professional development and its basis and impact on the teacher development process in a large district in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. From the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Professional Development
Attitudes of Trainers and Medical Students towards Using Modern Practices
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Hadzhiiliev, Vassil Stefanov; Dobreva, Zhaneta Stoykova – Online Submission, 2011
The development of universities as independent scientific centers determines their mission to incorporate the most modern achievements of science into the students' practical training. This research on the attitudes of the participants in this process towards the use of modern practices encompasses both trainers and students, and it consists of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Change, Trainers
Critical Concerns for Oral Communication Education in the United States and the United Kingdom
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Emanuel, Richard – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2011
An examination of oral communication education in the United States (U.S.) and United Kingdom (U.K.) identified four critical concerns: (1) Today's college students are not getting adequate oral communication education; (2) Oral communication education is being relegated to a "module" in another discipline-specific course; (3) When an…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Curriculum Evaluation
Making Learning and Web 2.0 Technologies Work for Higher Learning Institutions in Africa
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Lwoga, Edda – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: This paper seeks to assess the extent to which learning and Web 2.0 technologies are utilised to support learning and teaching in Africa's higher learning institutions, with a specific focus on Tanzania's public universities. Design/methodology/approach: A combination of content analysis and semi-structured interviews was used to collect…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Universities, Foreign Countries
The Explanation of Educational Changes: Case Studies in the Edgewood School Plan. First Draft.
Bernal, Helen H.; And Others – 1977
An external evaluation of a subprogram of the Experimental Schools Program called the Edgewood School Plan, this study attempted to discover the extent to which educational changes can be accurately explained and forecast. A model was constructed containing the three explanatory variables of conditions, decisions, and effects and the criterion…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Decision Making, Educational Change
Adult Education in American Society: Some Developments, Trends, and Issues.
Charters, Alexander N. – Internationales Jahrbuch fur Erwachsenenbildung, 1975
A discussion of adult education in a changing American society is presented in the document. Section 1, Adult Education in American Society, examines societal changes and educational goals as well as the structure and organization of adult education programs. Section 2, The Delivery System of Adult Education, discusses: (1) the audience; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Educational Assessment