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Applying the Principles of Soccer Training to the Design and Delivery of Classes in Introductory Accounting Courses

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  • Keith Lownie
  • Fiona A. E. McQuarrie

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Accounting instructors face numerous challenges in structuring and teaching accounting classes. This paper describes the experience of redesigning classes in an introductory accounting course to follow the format of team training sessions in the sport of soccer. The soccer format includes six sections: warm‐up, balance/agility/coordination, skill/technique, simplified small game, game, and cooldown. We explain how the activities in each of these sections can be translated into parts of a class session. While adopting this format requires instructors to invest time in preparation and to be flexible and responsive when facilitating classes, informal results indicate that this class format is rewarding for both instructor and students and that it enhances student performance and experience. We suggest that elements of this class format could be successfully adopted for courses in other business subjects, and in nonbusiness disciplines. Les enseignants en comptabilité ont maints défis à relever dans la structuration et l'enseignement des cours de comptabilité. Les auteurs décrivent l'expérience de réaménagement de l'enseignement dans un cours d'introduction à la comptabilité afin de l'adapter au modèle des séances d'entraînement des équipes de soccer qui comportent six phases : échauffement, équilibre‐agilité‐coordination, habiletés‐technique, version simplifiée du jeu, jeu et refroidissement. Les auteurs expliquent comment les activités de chacune de ces phases peuvent être converties en éléments d'une session de cours. Bien que l'adoption de ce modèle exige des enseignants qu'ils consacrent du temps à la préparation des cours et fassent preuve de souplesse et de réceptivité dans leur enseignement, les résultats préliminaires révèlent que ce modèle est bénéfique tant pour l'enseignant que pour les étudiants et qu'il contribue à la performance et à l'expérience des étudiants. De l'avis des auteurs, les éléments de ce modèle d'enseignement pourraient être adoptés avec succès dans l'enseignement d'autres matières relevant de la gestion ainsi que d'autres disciplines.

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  • Keith Lownie & Fiona A. E. McQuarrie, 2014. "Applying the Principles of Soccer Training to the Design and Delivery of Classes in Introductory Accounting Courses," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 13(1), pages 83-98, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:13:y:2014:i:1:p:83-98
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3838.12025
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