Accountancy Thesis

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study The program Accountancy is one of the hugedemand courses in today’s generation. Many of the students enrolled in the said program to achieve their dream of becoming a Certified Public Accountant.

In the survey analyzed by the Commission on Higher Education, priority courses are widely focuses on agriculture, engineering and other business courses (as cited on Philippine Star, 2014).Accountancy is one of the courses under Business Administration, this program belongs to the priority listed courses by CHED having the reason “Priority courses are needed to spur the economic development of our country (Executive Director Julito Vitriolo)”.

Furthermore, another reason for having Accountancy in the listed

Obstructions that an individual may face may be the implementation of the Colleges and Universities on the zero-based grading system and the teaching methods used by the professors. Providing that the researchers are under the program and faces the issues, researchers had been interested in conducting a study on the “Perception of A1B students on the Teaching Strategies in major subject” since it is one of the factors that has a great impact on the students ACAD performance. As an explanation Adunola, 2011 (as cited in International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 2013) states that “Quite remarkably, regular poor academic performance by the majority students is fundamentally linked to application of ineffective teaching methods by teachers to impact knowledge to learners. Substantial research on the effectiveness of teaching methods indicates that the quality of teaching is often reflected by the achievements of learners”

There are some theories and models regarding the strategies and methods used in the modern era that was formulated and widely used all over the world. One of the most famous theory that currently exist isVygotsky’s Cultural Cognitive theory, which enumeratedthat students needto participate in the community’s activities that will acquire them new learning, understanding and accomplishments that will fulfill their achievements. Vygotsky’s compared the students’ learning into the scaffolding which in literal meaning is to build a house wherein they will need guidance and support(As cited in Lefrancois, 2006).

In line with the theory, a normal classroom the teachers need to discuss the topic to them, where students prefer teachers to instruct them rather than teachers who weren’t fully committed in to their job that the teachers only let the students learn on their own. One of the most effective types of activity is essay; anessay is a writing that might include ideas, insights, perception and opinions. An essay will test the knowledge of the students on how they will relate the lesson in their life which is way important because the teachers can know what the perception of the students