Assignment - Individual research and participation
Need to choose 1 topic from Topics 1 - 3.
The first three topics are;
Topic 1: Theories of accounting
Topic 2: Measurement in accounting
Topic 3: Regulation of accounting.
You are required to do three (3) things as an individual student for this Assignment:
1. Choose & identify a relevant article for EACH of chosen Topics;
2. Contribute a 500 word post to a Discussion Forum (DF) explaining the relevance of the article;
1. Choose & identify a relevant article for EACH of your two chosen Topics
Ideally, throughout the session you will undertake some wider reading regarding ACC00106 (that is, read more widely than your text, study guide and set readings). This assignment offers some incentive to do so, at least for a couple of topics.
For EACH of your two chosen topics, choose an article you believe is relevant to that topic. Your article needs to have been published after 1 January 2017. "Relevant" is explained in #2 below.
Once you have chosen your article you need to identify it so it is NOT chosen by another student. You will do this by RESERVING or NOMINATING it as "yours" on the relevant Topic DF by adding the following details in the SUBJECT line of your DF post:
- Author names;
- Name of the source of your article;
- Date & issue details (as applicable).
2. Contribute a 500 word post to a Discussion Forum (DF) explaining the relevance of the article
For each of the 2 topics you choose contribute a post (maximum 500 words) on the relevant Discussion Forum (DF).
There will be a separate DF for each Topic - NOTE: each Topic DF will become UNAVAILABLE on the due date/time specified above. If you have NOT posted by that date/time it will be too late!
Your post needs to explain how your chosen & identified article is of relevance to your chosen topic that will have been covered in ACC00106 by that time and will also include a personal reflection.
- Your explanation for relevance needs to provide examples from the article to illustrate theories and/or principles from your chosen Topic (maximum 300 words). It is important to provide evidence (facts) from the articles to support any opinion and arguments you express; perhaps facts illustrate certain terms you learn in a topic (even an earlier topic); maybe you recognise that the findings are only applicable in a certain context; or the interpretation of the facts illustrate a certain theoretical lens (or approach). This DOES NOT mean summarise the article, summarise the topic, define the theories.
- Your personal reflection part for each contribution needs to explain what you found to be the aspect of your chosen topic that created the most reaction from you (biggest impact on your learning ... something you realised or now feel you understand more clearly). For example, you may not have thought about the issue before; you may have observed behaviour related to the matter before and that was important to you; you may have related the issue to a current development in the world - current affairs, your employment or business, etc. This is a subjective and personal reflection that will differ from student to student (maximum 200 words). This DOES NOT mean making recommendations about what you think the authors might have said/done.
- Please include a link (URL) to the article or attach a PDF copy in your post & the full reference.
3. Contribute a 500 word alternative view to one other student's contribution.
This simply requires you to do the SAME things as set out in #2 above using the article chosen by another student.
You DO NOT need to do the things set out in #1 above for this part of the assignment.
You make your alternative view contribution by REPLYING to whichever student post you choose.
In other words, you can choose any article contributed by another student (it does NOT matter if someone else has already replied). You are offering an alternative (different) view ... a different explanation and personal reflection (as per # 2 above) on the article chosen by another student for that Topic. The intention is to make it clear that there is likely more than a single interpretation of any article. It is OK to extend the discussion by exchanging further Replies if you wish (but they will not be marked).
Attachment:- Assignment Files.rar