The Impact of Collaborative Teaching on Students'Learning Experience and Understanding of Budgeting Concepts in Management Accounting Education

Collaborative teaching has increasingly been adopted in higher education to improve student engagement, knowledge acquisition, and learning outcomes. This study investigates the impact of collaborative teaching in a Management Accounting course (MAF551) involving undergraduate accounting students. A questionnaire was distributed to 143 students from Faculty of Accountancy, UiTM Puncak Alam. Descriptive analysis revealed a strong positive change in students’ understanding of budgeting concepts following the implementation of collaborative teaching. Collaborative teaching is also effective in enhancing students' learning experience, creating a supportive classroom environment, and increasing students' motivation and engagement in budgeting class sessions. Qualitative feedback further highlighted that exposure to multiple teaching perspectives enhanced conceptual understanding and classroom interaction. The findings are expected to contribute to accounting education and may assist accounting educators in designing more interactive and student-centred learning activities that support both conceptual understanding and active engagement.

Collaborative teaching, Accounting education, Management accounting, Student engagement, Budgeting education

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