Various studies have highlighted the problems faced in accounting education. Some of these problems refer to the stagnating accounting curriculum, limited resources available to students from designated black empowerment groups, and the underdevelopment of skills required by practice. This study focuses specifically on the problems faced in secondary and tertiary accounting education in South Africa (SA) and the effects of these problems on practice. The first article of this study emphasises the various causes for the declining pass rate in firstyear chartered accountancy (CA) students. For this purpose, the researcher gathered information on the perceptions of first-year CA students and of lecturers involved in departments of accounting at SA universities. One of the possible causes identified is the apparent gap between school and university accounting education, especially in respect of curriculum, teaching quality and textbooks. The study revealed that students from designated black empowerment groups are facing the most problems in SA accounting education. The second article addressed the skills shortages in first-year CA trainees that practitioners have to deal with. According to the results, the majority of the participants felt that universities do not sufficiently equip students with the skills necessary to be successful in practice. The skills shortages identified included the inability of first-year trainees to determine the extent of testing needed in audits and to think independently. It also seemed as if first-year trainees lack professional communication skills and cannot sufficiently apply theory learnt at university in practice. These are only some skills with which universities are expected to equip students in order to be successful in practice. The researcher drew conclusions and made recommendations based on the information obtained from the above-mentioned two studies. / MCom (Accountancy), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Various studies have highlighted the problems faced in accounting education. Some of these problems refer to the stagnating accounting curriculum, limited resources available to students from designated black empowerment groups, and the underdevelopment of skills required by practice. This study focuses specifically on the problems faced in secondary and tertiary accounting education in South Africa (SA) and the effects of these problems on practice. The first article of this study emphasises the various causes for the declining pass rate in firstyear chartered accountancy (CA) students. For this purpose, the researcher gathered information on the perceptions of first-year CA students and of lecturers involved in departments of accounting at SA universities. One of the possible causes identified is the apparent gap between school and university accounting education, especially in respect of curriculum, teaching quality and textbooks. The study revealed that students from designated black empowerment groups are facing the most problems in SA accounting education. The second article addressed the skills shortages in first-year CA trainees that practitioners have to deal with. According to the results, the majority of the participants felt that universities do not sufficiently equip students with the skills necessary to be successful in practice. The skills shortages identified included the inability of first-year trainees to determine the extent of testing needed in audits and to think independently. It also seemed as if first-year trainees lack professional communication skills and cannot sufficiently apply theory learnt at university in practice. These are only some skills with which universities are expected to equip students in order to be successful in practice. The researcher drew conclusions and made recommendations based on the information obtained from the above-mentioned two studies. / MCom (Accountancy), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

This study is qualitative in nature. It reflects on the rich and varied experiences I encountered during training to be a psychotherapist. The content and process information around training is explored. My personal biases and prejudices towards training are made explicit. The experiences reflected upon are contextualized within the Unisa academic and the hospital clinical internship training contexts. The two contexts of training are contrasted accordingly showing their epistemological stance in their contribution to training of trainee therapists. The primary data in this research is the trainee researcher who is also the only participant subject in the study. The rest of the data is drawn from the experiences of the subject in interaction with others in different systems and subsystems. Through the creative synthesis step in the heuristic research approach the inferred theme is integrated in the analysis. Finally the research shows the limitations and implications involved. / Psychology / M.A. Psychology

Text in English / The training of psychotherapists not only determines what new therapists learn about the practice of therapy, but influences significantly their identity and the development of a professional self. This dissertation explores the professional development of a trainee therapist, taking into consideration the training context and training approach, the trainee's unique training needs and the influence of own interactional style. The study was undertaken from an action research perspective, therefore emphasising solving a problem in the field and feeding this information back into the system during the course of the research project. The researcher describes how the training context (in this case, the Agape Healing Community in Mamelodi, South Africa), the training approach (systemic family therapy), and his personal style shaped his professional sense of self. He found however, that it was the process of action research which encouraged movement from feelings of inadequacy to competence in his professional development. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

Anyone desiring to qualify as an accountant or auditor is required to pass an examination as approved by the Public Accountants' and Auditors' Board to establish whether candidates have attained the required standard of academic knowledge in terms of the syllabi laid down by the Board, as well as whether they are able to apply that knowledge in practice (P AAB, 1995). However each year many students fail this very important examination. The reasons for this are not clear and the purpose of this research is to determine whether: personality; vocational interests; intelligence; matriculation Mathematics and home language (English/ Afrikaans) results, predict success in the QE, by comparing a group of successful and unsuccessful QE candidates. The logistic regression, discriminant analysis and t-test statistical procedures, indicated that: warmth (A), liveliness (F), rule-consciousness (G), social boldness (H), apprehension (0), self-reliance (Q2), perfectionism (Q3), tension (Q4), computational interest, social services interest, mechanical interest, Mental Alertness and matriculation home language, are significant factors to consider when identifying candidates likely to be successful in the QE. / Industrial & Organisational Psychology / MCOM (Industrial Psychology)

Aim: The existing evidence-base indicates that the experience of being a Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) trainee clinical psychologist is under-researched. The aim of the current study was to capture the broader training experiences of BME trainee clinical psychologists. The impact of potential personal and professional experiences that may arise for BME trainee clinical psychologists may be important for course tutors and clinical supervisors to explore with them in relation to personal and professional development. Thus, it is hoped that the findings of the current study will raise an increased awareness within the clinical psychology training courses, of their needs, perspectives and experiences. Method: A qualitative approach was adopted for this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine BME trainee clinical psychologists. The accounts were analysed using IPA, which attempts to illuminate the lived experience of a phenomenon for small samples of individuals. Results: The analytic procedure highlighted five main themes which emerged from participants’ accounts: The hardship of not being White, The challenge of negotiating multiple identities, Challenges and dilemmas of highlighting race and culture issues, The versatility that comes with being a BME trainee and Finding connections and safe places. Implications: Current initiatives to attract more applicants from BME groups need to be considered in the context of wider structural experiences of power and difference in relation to race, ethnicity and culture that operate in the training arena. Courses need to explicitly state their commitment to supporting trainees from BME groups with regards to their experiences of difference. Emphasis should be placed on personal and professional development of all trainees and needs to include work on privilege, social disadvantage, and racism. Programmes should also undertake a commitment to training course staff and supervisors in relation to race issues in the context of training.

L’objet de notre recherche est d’étudier la dynamique subjective du parcours universitaire des enseignants en vue de la construction d’une identité professionnelle et de leur préparation à l’enseignement. Nous analysons les expériences, les représentations et les méthodes de travail des futurs professeurs de l’enseignement secondaire en milieu universitaire ainsi que la transition de l’expérience universitaire à la formation. Notre enquête porte sur un échantillon de 170étudiants (et professeurs stagiaires) préparant les concours de recrutement (CAPES, CAPEPS, Agrégation), futurs enseignants du second degré dans trois disciplines : Lettres, EPS et Sciences physiques. Nous avons utilisé pour le recueil des données un questionnaire qui nous a permis de collecter les données nécessaires (données quantitatives)puis nous avons conduit 35 entretiens complémentaires afin de collecter des données qualitatives. Nous dégageons ainsi sur la base des résultats obtenus les particularités de leurs représentations par rapport à leur discipline d’appartenance.Nous nous intéressons plus spécifiquement aux méthodes de travail des futurs enseignants selon certains concepts pédagogiques (l’efficacité des enseignants, l’évaluation des élèves, le comportement en classe et dans différents contextes, la préparation des cours, les connaissances relatives aux disciplines, les compétences pédagogiques). Il es tégalement intéressant d’examiner la question du choix du métier des enseignants candidats ainsi que d’étudier la position culturelle des nouveaux enseignants entre la culture académique-scolaire et la culture des jeunes. En outre,nous envisageons les modalités actuelles de la professionnalisation et des nouvelles contraintes du métier ainsi que les stratégies possibles en vue de la construction d’une culture professionnelle commune des enseignants du secondaire / The aim of our research is to study the subjective dynamics of teachers during their course of university study in an effort to build a professional identity and prepare themselves for teaching. We analyse the university experiences, the representations and the work methods of future secondary school teachers, as well as their transition from the university experience to professional training. Our research is carried out on a sample consisting of 170 students (and trainee teachers) who are preparing for the examinations for appointment (CAPES, CAPEPS, Agregation). It concerns future teachers in three disciplines: Literature, Physical Education and Natural Sciences. In order to collect data, we used a questionnaire that allowed us to collect quantitative data and we also conducted 35 interviews that allowed us to collect qualitative data. Consequently, from the results, we are able to identify the special particularities of the prospective teachers’ representations according to their specialty. We are particularly interested in the work methods of these prospective teachers in accordance with specific pedagogical conceptions (teacher effectiveness, student assessment, behaviour in the classroom and in different environments, lesson preparation, knowledge of subject matter, pedagogical ability). It is worth considering the question of choice of the teaching profession, as well as studying the cultural attitude of new teachers between academic culture and youth culture. Finally, we are interested in the contemporary dimensions of professionalisation, as well as in the new constraints placed on the teaching profession, and also in possible strategies for the creation of a common professional culture among secondary school teachers

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-22T17:26:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Josiane.pdf: 6047437 bytes, checksum: 7ed52c285e70263e8bf9e1b22b21a251 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-26 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Considering the relevance of supervised preservice training for teachers training and the complexity of this activity, this research has as its general aim to investigate characteristics of the work of Portuguese language preservice teaching trainees in order to contribute for the understanding of conflicts arising in this training stage. To do this, we propose the following specific aims: (a) to investigate to whom is directed the activity of Portuguese language teaching trainees during supervised preservice training; (b) to verify from linguistic practices of teaching trainees how discussions about norms applying to their activity arise; (c) to analyze how the use of self by oneself and by others happens during preservice training and (d) to identify discursive clues that refer to the real of the activity of Portuguese language teaching preservice training. Our theoretical background are studies of Bakhtin s Circle that have as their crucial assumption the conception of language as a constitutively dialogical phenomenon, studies that are integrated for the aims of our work with studies carried through by Work Sciences, which consider work a complex object and recognize the importance of analyzing language for adequately understanding it. In accordance with the adopted theoretical perspective and taking into account the importance of having work protagonists talk about the activity they carry through, we created two different speech spaces for research subjects three teaching trainees from the Course of Letters of a private university of a city of Rio Grande do Sul to talk about their preservice training period: (a) individual interviews and (b) the participation in a discussion group. As a parameter for focusing the analysis, considering recurrence and aims to reach, we selected, by examining utterances produced by trainees, three topics in circulation: (a) to whom teaching activity is directed during supervised preservice training, (b) conceptions of Portuguese language teaching and (c) difficulties lived during preservice training. From each topic and considering the reflection's theoretical basis, we analyzed from an enunciative-discursive point of view, trainees utterances produced considering interdependently the specific conditions of research, the situation where verbal interactions materialize and linguistic materiality aspects. Results point to the fact that speech spaces created in the research provided different interactions that produced in alterity relationships several different subjectivity productions and the recognition of part of the complexity of the teaching activity in preservice training. Moreover, considering the dynamic character of human subjects, language, the sense and work activity itself, dimensions traversed by a multiplicity of voices, we point out some characteristics of Portuguese language preservice teaching trainees activity: (a) their work is constituted from the conflicting character of the other to whom they direct their activity and from the restricted space for the use of self, mainly by oneself; (b) their practice is traversed by a permanent tension among antecedent norms (proceeding from different spaces) and the inevitable renormalizations and (c) there is a movement of constant tension between the activity carried through and the real of the activity , and therefore trainees are evaluated at all moments and need to adjust their work to requirements that are not only different but many times divergent from their own points of view / Levando em consideração a importância do estágio supervisionado na formação docente e a complexidade dessa atividade, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo geral investigar características do trabalho de professores-estagiários de língua portuguesa, a fim de contribuir para a compreensão dos conflitos dessa etapa de formação. Para atingir tal objetivo, propomos os seguintes objetivos específicos: (a) investigar para quem é direcionada a atividade do professor de língua portuguesa durante a realização do estágio supervisionado; (b) verificar, a partir das práticas linguageiras dos professores-estagiários, como aparece o debate de normas em sua atividade; (c) analisar como se dá o uso de si por si e pelos outros durante o estágio de língua portuguesa e (d) verificar pistas discursivas que remetem ao real da atividade do professor de língua portuguesa no período de seu estágio. Sob o ponto de vista teórico, partimos dos estudos do Círculo de Bakhtin, que têm como pressuposto básico a concepção de que a linguagem é constitutivamente dialógica, e estabelecemos interlocução com os estudos realizados pelas Ciências do Trabalho que consideram o trabalho como um objeto complexo e reconhecem a importância da análise da linguagem para a sua compreensão. De acordo com a perspectiva teórica adotada e levando em conta a importância de o protagonista do trabalho verbalizar sobre a atividade que realiza, criamos dois diferentes espaços de fala para que os participantes da pesquisa três professores-estagiários, alunos do Curso de Letras de uma universidade particular do interior do Rio Grande do Sul falassem sobre a sua prática de estágio docente: (a) entrevistas individuais e (b) participação em um grupo de discussão. Como critério de entrada na análise, tendo em vista a recorrência e os objetivos propostos, selecionamos, por meio dos enunciados produzidos pelos estagiários, três temas em circulação: (a) o direcionamento da atividade docente durante o estágio supervisionado, (b) concepções referentes ao ensino de língua portuguesa e (c) dificuldades no desenvolvimento do estágio. A partir de cada tema e tendo em vista os pressupostos teóricos que embasam a reflexão, analisamos, sob o ponto de vista enunciativo-discursivo, enunciados dialógicos produzidos considerando, de forma interdependente, as condições específicas de pesquisa, a situação em que se materializam as interações verbais e aspectos da materialidade lingüística. Resultados apontam para o fato de que os espaços de fala criados na pesquisa proporcionaram diferentes interações suscitando, na relação de alteridade, variadas produções de subjetividade e o reconhecimento de parte da complexidade da atividade docente no período de estágio. Além disso, considerando a dinamicidade do sujeito, da linguagem, dos sentidos e da própria atividade laboral, dimensões perpassadas por uma multiplicidade de vozes, destacamos algumas características da atividade do professorestagiário de língua portuguesa: (a) seu trabalho é constituído a partir do caráter conflituoso do direcionamento da atividade e do restrito espaço ao uso de si, principalmente por si; (b) sua prática é perpassada por um embate permanente entre as normas antecedentes (provenientes de diferentes espaços) e as renormalizações e (c) há um movimento de tensão constante entre a atividade realizada e o real da atividade , pois o estagiário é avaliado a todo momento e precisa adequar seu trabalho a exigências distintas, muitas vezes divergentes de seus próprios pontos de vista

Syftet med föreliggande avhandlingsarbete är att få större kunskap om några av förutsättningarna för förskolans pedagogiska verksamhet och få veta mer om vad som faktiskt sker ute i förskolans barngrupper. I avhandlingen kartläggs tolv förskollärares föreställningar om förskolan och uppfattningar om arbete, lek och inlärning samt hur de agerar i barngrupp med avseende på dessa begrepp. Föreställningar och uppfattningar hos tjuogoen lärarkandidater har också kartlagts, dels vid böljan av deras förskollärarutbildning, dels efter avslutad utbildning.1981 presenterade Socialstyrelsen en ny arbetsplan för förskolan. Den kan betraktas som ett försök till lösning av olika problem inom förskolan som utvecklats under en period av ca tio år. Arbete, lek och inlärning framställdes i arbetsplanen som centrala begrepp vilka gav struktur och innehåll åt förskolans pedagogiska verksamhet. I avhandlingen fokuseras föreställningar och uppfattningar. Dessa kan definieras som strukturerande och integrerande principer av övergripande art som är avgörande för hur en individ tolkar och värderar omvärlden. Förskollärarnas och lärarkandidaternas föreställningar och uppfattningar kartlades genom intervjuanalyser. En särskild kortsorteringsuppgift konstruerades och gavs i samband med intervjuerna. Förskollärarna observerades också i barngrupp.Resultatet visar att några av förskollärarna hade föreställningar om förskolan som "en institution för kompensation" eller som "en institution för utveckling". De flesta av dem såg förskolan som "en institution för anpassning". De hade även skilda uppfattningar om arbete, lek och inlärning. De olika uppfattningskategorierna kan sägas ge uttryck för ett mer eller mindre "pedagogiserat" eller "psykologiserat" synsätt; "vuxencentrerat" eller "barncentrerat" synsätt Observationerna visar att förskollärarna inte helt agerade i enlighet med den syn de gav uttryck för i intervjuerna. De agerade mer lika varandra i praktiken än vad man hade anledning att anta. De flesta av dem uttryckte i sin praktik att förskolan är en institution för "anpassning", endast få gav uttryck för "utveckling" och ingen alls för "kompensation". De uppfattningar som främst kom till uttryck i praktiken var att arbete är "förelagd uppgift", lek är en "terapeutisk nödvändighet" och inlärning är "social träning". I avhandlingen diskuteras resultaten i belysning av förskolans utveckling under 1970-talet. Professionalisering, yttre förutsättningar för verksamheten och förskolans tradition är begrepp som också används i diskussionen och för förklaring av resultaten. / The purpose of this dissertation is to acquire greater knowledge of some of the conditions of the educational activities of pre-school as well as of what is actually going on in pre-school. The study examines twelve pre-school teachers' notions of pre-school and conceptions of work, play and learning and how they interact with children with respect to these concepts. The notions and conceptions of a group of twenty-one trainee teachers have also been studied at the beginning and at the end of their training. In 1981 a new plan for pre-schooling was presented by The National Board of Health and Welfare which can be regarded as an attempt at solving pre-school problems arisen the last ten year period. Work, play and learning were the central concepts in the plan, providing pre-school, day-nurseries and part-time-groups, with structure and content. In the study, notions and conceptions are key-words. They can be defined as structuring and integrating, comprehensive principles determining how an individual interprets and evaluates the surrounding world. Notions and conceptions are examined through interview analyses. A special classification item was designed and administered in connection with the interviews. The pre-school teachers were also observed interacting with the group of children for fifteen hours.The results show that some of the pre-school teachers had notions of pre-school as "an institution for compensation" or as "an institution for development". Most of them regarded pre-school as "an institution for adjustment". They also had different conceptions of work, play and learning. The categories of conceptions express a more or less "educationalized" or "psychologized" attitude, an "adult-referenced" or "child-referenced" attitude. Regarding the conceptions of activities it is maintained that the trainee teachers have become "educationalized" in the course of their training. They expressed fewer notions that can be described as "child-referenced" or " psychologized". The observations show that the pre-school teachers did not act quite in accordance with the view they expressed in the interviews. They acted more uniformly than could be expected. The practices of most pre-school teachers indicated pre-school as "an institution for adjustment", only rarely "development", never "compensation". The most frequent conceptions expressed in their practices were that work is "assigned tasks", play is a "therapeutic necessity" and learning is "social training". The results are dicussed in the light of the development of pre-school in Sweden during the 1970s. Professionally, frame-factors, tradition in pre-school are important concepts for the understanding of the results. / digitalisering@umu

This study sought to investigate the impact of pre-service primary school English language teachers’ training on their post-training practice. A constructive research paradigm and qualitative method were used in the study. The participants were selected purposively, and final year pre-service primary school English trainee teachers were used to collect the research data. The data were collected in the year 2016. To collect the data, an interview schedule, an observation guide and document analyses were used. The interviews and the observations were recorded and later transcribed. The transcribed data were coded, categorized according to their similarity, and then these categories were further collapsed into themes. The findings showed that the primary school ELT trainee teachers did not have sufficient understanding of the ELT methods offered during their training which led to poor practice, as revealed in their independent teaching. Some of the reasons for the trainees’ poor understanding and practice mentioned were that the training system was not supported by the reflective teaching method, and the support of ICT. In addition, there was a significant waste of time budgeted for the course time for the completion of the training program. In relation to time, the practicum time the students stayed in the primary school during independent teaching was not sufficient to give them hands-on practice. Moreover, they did not get the required support from the school mentors and the training college supervisors. Due to these constraints, almost all the participant trainee teachers demonstrated poor performances during the lesson delivery, which indicated that they did not understand the principles of the ELT methods / English Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (English)