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Is Choice Desirable in Tax Education?
Terry Filer
TRN proceedings - forthcoming
Swansea University Author: Terry Filer
Abstract
Problem based learning (PBL) is often an effective approach to taxation education where students learn how to apply their knowledge to a case study scenario to check their understanding and to prepare for real world decision making.Often these case studies are presented in a written text format, whi...
| Published in: | TRN proceedings - forthcoming |
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| Published: |
Online only
TRN 2023
2023
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| Online Access: |
https://taxresearch.network/trn-conference-2023-cambridge/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67474 |
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Problem based learning (PBL) is often an effective approach to taxation education where students learn how to apply their knowledge to a case study scenario to check their understanding and to prepare for real world decision making.Often these case studies are presented in a written text format, which is quite different from the real world where accountants meet their clients at their premises to gain a better understanding of the business and to provide appropriate tailored advice. Educators at Swansea University have been utilising virtual reality (VR) to provide visual case studies in taxation that most students enjoy and find helpful in their learning. However, VR is not for everyone where some students dislike using the technology due to spatial awareness issues and dizziness. This study explores the concept of providing a choice of study materials including written text format case studies, VR scenarios and 360-degree videos to a cohort of c100 undergraduate taxation students, where students could exercise choice and decide their preferred medium of study for specific taxation topics.Educators will seek to gather student feedback on their use of the case studies and format preferences for comparison purposes and to inform educators on future module design. If successful, the approach can be considered for further roll out to other accounting modules. |
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| Keywords: |
Taxation, Problem Based Learning (PBL), VR |
| College: |
School of Management |