ÜNİVERSİTELERDEKİ MUHASEBE EĞİTİMİNE YÖNELİK ÖĞRENCİLERİN ALGILARI: KARADENİZ TEKNİK ÜNİVERSİTESİ VE RİZE ÜNİVERSİTESİ KARŞILAŞTIRMASI

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, muhasebe derslerinde başarıyı arttırmaya yönelik iki farklı devlet üniversitesinde eğitimgören öğrencilerin muhasebe derslerine ilişkin algılamalarını ve söz konusu algılamalarındaki farklılıkları tespitetmektir. Belirlenen amaca ulaşabilmek için, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi ve Rize Üniversitesinde 2011-2012eğitim ve öğretim yılının güz yarıyılında eğitim gören 817 öğrenci üzerinde araştırma yapılmıştır. Yapılan araştırmada; öğrencilerin büyük bir kısmının muhasebe dersinde başarılı olmayı önemsedikleri tespit edilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlarda farklılık olup olmadığı, SPSS 15.0 istatistik programında t-testi yapılarak analiz edilmiştir.Araştırmada üniversiteler açısından çeşitli farklılıklara ulaşılmakla beraber en fazla farklılığın, gelecekte muhasebe ile ilgili bir meslek sahibi olmak isteyenler ile istemeyenler arasında ortaya çıktığı belirlenmiştir. Buna karşılık en az farklılığın ise katılımcıların cinsiyeti açısından oluştuğu tespit edilmiştir

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Muhasebe Eğitimi, Öğrenci Başarısı, Öğrenci Algısı, Algılama Farklılıkları

STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS ACCOUNTING COURSE IN UNIVERSITIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AND RIZE UNIVERSITY

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The purpose of present study is, with the aim of elevating the success in accounting courses, to determine theperceptions towards accounting course of students from two separate state universities and explore the potential divergences between their perceptions. To reach this objective, a research has been conducted covering 817students studying in Karadeniz Technical University and Rize University during fall semester in 2011-2012 academic year. The research results have manifested that a majority of students have paid heeds to be successful inaccounting course. To determine whether there has been a differentiation in obtained results, t-test in SPSS 15.0statistical program has been used for conducting analysis. In this research a variety of differences have been detected with respect to universities however it has been deduced that the greatest differentiation took place between the ones who aspired to an accounting-related profession for the future and the ones who did not. On theother hand, the smallest differentiation has been identified with respect to the gender of participants

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Accounting Education, Student Success, Student Perception, Perception Differences

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