"Syllabus Day"Reinvented: Reimagining the First Day of Class for Accounting Courses

被引:1
作者
Hale, Kevin [1 ]
Wetmiller, Rebecca J. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ North Carolina Wilmington, Dept Accountancy & Business Law, Wilmington, NC 28403 USA
[2] Longwood Univ, Dept Accounting, Farmville, VA USA
来源
ISSUES IN ACCOUNTING EDUCATION | 2022年 / 37卷 / 04期
关键词
syllabus day; workplace readiness skills; first class meeting; RESEARCH INITIATIVES; POPULAR-CULTURE; STUDENTS; RECOGNITION; IMPRESSIONS; SKILLS; MATTER;
D O I
10.2308/ISSUES-2021-041
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
The traditional first day of class includes the instructor reading from the syllabus, sharing personal details, and performing icebreakers. This approach to "syllabus day"often gives students a negative first impression of the course, which may limit full understanding of course policies, hinder student motivation, and decrease instructor evaluations. This paper proposes a novel approach to "syllabus day,"which includes completing an information search quiz, building a final course grade "estimator"in Excel, and drafting a professional memo. These engaging activities are designed to increase students' understanding of course policies by examining the syllabus for an accounting course and to develop workplace readiness skills vital to an accounting career. Student feedback indicates that our approach to the first class gives students a better understanding of information included in the syllabus compared to other classes, is more interesting than typical initial class meetings, and is recommended for use in other courses.
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页码:25 / 45
页数:21
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