Methodical aspects of Web-quest implementation in training future financiers

• Main Authors: Катерина Сергіївна Дяченко, Наталія Юріївна Олійник
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PC Technology Center 2013-09-01
• Series: Tehnologìčnij Audit ta Rezervi Virobnictva
• Subjects: Web-quest; competence; interactive; promoting; financial system; local budget; search activity; Internet.
• Online Access: http://journals.uran.ua/tarp/article/view/18517

The paper deals with methodical aspects of promoting cognitive activity of future financiers with the help of web-quests. According to authors, web-quest is an independent search activity in the Internet by one or several branches of prepared route to a certain goal, which was determined at the beginning of the route, and during which a student should obtain and analyze information to determine the next step towards the goal. Based on the analysis and generalized experience of applying web-quests in educational process of higher educational institutions, the method of implementation of the web-quest on ''Making a draft of the local budget on revenues'' (the subject ''Finance''), which is represented in the form of graphical model, was developed. The goals, objectives and educational conditions were elaborated. The algorithm of students’ cognitive activity during the implementation of theoretical and practical parts of web-quests on estimating the revenues of the local budget was described. Evaluation criteria were given. Conclusions based on results of web-quest implementation were presented, which lie in considering the web-quest as effective tool for modeling certain production situations for financiers and allow the students to gain practical skills, abilities to search, generalize and analyze necessary information of legislative framework as well as public financial information at the level of local budgets for estimating the amount of budget revenues.