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 the fact that they’re really stressed with their studies and struggle with all the theory, volume and complexity. But this is not what I’m talking about! Psychologists use the term…
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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 means to ‘learn’ something, and what it means to be ‘competent’ with the subject matter. In a lot of cases, here’s what we believe about the learning process: When we…
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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 saying that ‘students generally…’ or ‘most students…’ and a lot of lecturers indicate that students behave in similar ways. This is not intended to box all students into the same…
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What’s in this article? Are you studying properly? MOST of my Study Coaching students struggle with this. I’ve lectured for over a decade, THOUSANDS of students. You WANT to pay attention to this. What are your expectations with your study process? Is it really how it works? 90% of my students avoid Step 1 I…
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Do you need motivation to study? I get messages from students every single day, saying that they’re not motivated, or they’ve lost motivation. They’re worried because without motivation, they’re not studying. What they’re hoping I can do is ‘motivate’ them so that they feel like studying again. This is a bit of an oversimplification, but…
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books for your career and personal growth Your successful career is going to involve way more skills and knowledge than your exam syllabii. Thankfully, not all of this knowledge requires exams. That’s good news, right? There’s SO much information out there, so I’ll start you off with a few topics and fields of interest that…
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