Developing Strategies to Improve Teaching Process for Cost Accounting Course: Faculties of Administrative and Financial Sciences
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56220/uwjms.v5i1.15Keywords:
Teaching Planning, Teaching Resources, Classroom Management, Teaching Assessment, Performance Cost AccountingAbstract
ABSTRACT
Purpose: This study aims to identify the necessary strategies that would improve the teaching of cost accounting course at Palestinian universities in Gaza strip.
Design/Methodology: Five null hypotheses were developed and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of this study was 40 accounting lecturers from 4 universities. The study instrument consisted of 76 structured questionnaires including five fields “teaching planning, teaching resources, improving the teaching process, classroom management, and teaching assessment”. Data were collected by delivering 40 questionnaires electronically and manually to the lecturers from Israa University– Gaza and other Palestinian universities. SPSS software was employed for data analysis, t-test analysis was used to test the study hypotheses.
Findings: The results of the study showed that the teaching process could be improved through educational planning strategies.
Implications: It is recommended that cost accounting course lecturers at Palestinian universities must work to integrate the set of strategies associated with improving cost accounting education and learning. Additionally, government officials should organize on-the-job workshops, seminars and training courses on how to use ICT education resources for accounting education.
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