Why do I teach Mindset instead of accounting topics?
Does this sound like you? You’ve attended your lectures for the day (face-to-face or online!), and you have your notes from the session, your textbooks,…
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This is what studying feels like…
Studying be like… When your family asks why you’re a nutcase for most of the year… show them this 🙂
Is Accounting a ‘wicked’ learning environment?
What is a ‘wicked’ learning environment? Yes, I know a lot of my students will agree that accounting is a wicked environment, mainly based on…
Yvonne chats to: Gareth Olivier CA(SA) – “What IS Exam Technique?”
What is Exam Technique? I chatted to Gareth Olivier CA(SA) from Milpark – CA Connect about exam technique As lecturers, we talk a lot about…
What we want you to know about learning
Learning starts off with you knowing nothing! I chatted to Gareth Olivier CA(SA) from Milpark – CA Connect about learning and studying. One of our…
Know vs build – Answering Questions
How do we answer questions? When we start learning at school, we learn how learning and studying works. We develop our understanding of what it…
How does perfectionism and mindset affect students beliefs?
Accounting students have strong similarities The personality traits of all students pre-disposes them to certain thought processes, beliefs, strengths and weaknesses. We often find ourselves…
10 Steps to Overcoming Demotivation
You’re more emotional than you think We all need help with overcoming demotivation when we’re in a tough battle. Studying is quite an emotional rollercoaster.…
Yvonne chats to: Mandi Olivier CA(SA) from SAICA
Why did I chat to Mandi? Mandi Olivier CA(SA) is a Senior Executive at SAICA, involved in the pre-qualification process. Everything from university studies to…
Yvonne chats to: Pat Mokgatle CA(SA)
Why did I chat to Pat? Pat is another example of the fact that we are NOT boring, grey accountants! He is in Business Development…