Open AccessLearning financial accounting in a tertiary institution of a developing country. An investigation into instructional methods.
Author(s) -
Indra Abeysekera
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of university teaching and learning practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1449-9789
DOI - 10.53761/1.8.1.3
Subject(s) - preference , tertiary institution , medical education , thematic analysis , metropolitan area , sri lanka , psychology , higher education , institution , accounting , mathematics education , developing country , questionnaire , teaching method , qualitative research , sociology , medicine , political science , business , social science , socioeconomics , law , economics , tanzania , economic growth , pathology , microeconomics
This study examines three instructional methods (traditional, interactive, and group case–based study), and student opinions on their preference for learning financial accounting in large classes at a metropolitan university in Sri Lanka. It analyses the results of a survey questionnaire of students, using quantitative techniques to determine the preferred instructional method. It analyses the written comments made by students in the survey questionnaire using thematic analysis to determine the reasons behind their preference. The findings reveal that the most preferred instructional method is interactive and the least is traditional.