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learning exercises in accounting have involved students in applied field projects for real organizations. With a field
project, student groups are asked to perform a task for an organization with the intent of making recommendations or
developing a product from which the company may be able to derive benefits if successfully implemented.
The advantage of field projects over other methods is that the real world does not have to be simulated.
Zlotkowki (1996) argues in-class learning activities have value, but that they can only approximate the intricacies of
real world conditions. He asserts that direct practical experience provides the best tactic to help students to learn
how to handle complex situations. Further, Albrecht and Sack (2001), in their discussion of the “perilous” state of
accounting education, assert that the pedagogy in accounting education needs to be changed to allow students to
obtain practical real world business experience through active learning opportunities such as internships, field
studies, and service-learning assignments. Accounting information systems (AIS) oriented field projects help
students understand the process of solving business problems through the design and implementation of information
systems (Borthick 1998).
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