Abstract
It is vital that accounting educators take responsibility for the development of students' generic (soft) skills in conjunction with, discipline-specific skills. Research indicates that the typical learning styles of accounting students are not suited to the acquisition of generic skills. In this paper learning theory is used to provide a framework to support the use of case studies as a tool to promote appropriate learning styles and thereby enhance generic skill development. The paper details a number of strategies that may be implemented with case studies to achieve these goals. The implications for accounting educators, which are significant, are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 37-60 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Accounting Education: An International Journal |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- case studies
- soft skills
- generic skills
- deep processing
- elaborative processing
- learning style
- assessment