Dr Vincent Andrew
Lead Facilitator
Brunei Darussalam Leadership and Teacher Academy (BDLTA)
Dr Vincent Andrew is a lead facilitator with the Brunei Darussalam Leadership and Teacher Academy (BDLTA). His research interests are in teacher professional learning, teacher professional development and the conduct of lesson study and learning study.
Abstract
WHAT AND HOW STUDENTS LEARN FROM AN ACCOUNTING LESSON: EVIDENCE FROM TEACHER OBSERVATIONS AND STUDENT INTERVIEWS
Strand: Pedagogy
Purpose
The purpose of this presentation is to understand the relationship between the enacted and the lived object of learning in a Year 11 Accounting lesson (n=19) on depreciation and disposal of non-current assets.
Method
Two lessons using a pattern of variation were taught to help students to discern the object of learning. We examined two types of evidence: what the teachers wrote on the observation sheet and what students said in interviews conducted by the teacher observers. Seven case students were chosen for observation and interview. They were categorised as high ability, average ability and low ability. Each observing teacher (n=7) was assigned one case student. All teacher observations were compared with student interviews to triangulate the data. A table was drawn up to record for each student what he/she learnt and how.
Findings
The main finding is that what and how students learned were related to the enactment of the lessons. Case students noticed the difference in methods. Furthermore, two case students categorised as low ability found the use of graphs and the introduction of a timeline to show depreciation useful for their understanding of the two methods.
Implications
Focusing on case students and identifying the episodes in the lessons to be examined appear to be useful to keep observation focused on the object of learning.
Keywords:
Accounting, Depreciation, Disposal of non-current assets, learning study, object of learning.