The Adoption of Web-Based Learning in the Teaching and Learning of Accounting in South African Secondary Schools

The Adoption of Web-Based Learning in the Teaching and Learning of Accounting in South African Secondary Schools

Tesfanesh Kassa Debusho , Patricia Namayammu Mokgosi & Margaret Kholiwe Ntsana

Issue: Vol.6 No. 3 March 2025 Article 1 pp. 69-86
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2025631 | Published online 5th March, 2025.
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ABSTRACT

Teachers face several challenges when adopting web-based learning to teach Accounting in South African schools. Therefore, a need exists for support and capacity building of Accounting teachers to effectively implement web-based collaborative learning in South African schools. This study sought to investigate the factors that affect the use of Web-Based Learning (WBL) in the teaching of Accounting subject in the Capricorn District within the Limpopo Province, South Africa.A mixed-method approach framed within a pragmatic paradigm was adopted for this research study. However, only the quantitative data was presented herein.The iinvestigation was conducted with the participation of 104 participants comprising accounting subject teachers and head of departments (i.e., convenience sampling). The data was collected from the participants using a web-based survey questionnaire. To analyse the data, used descriptive research approach and SPSS version was employed. The Technology Acceptance Model and the Theory of Reasoned Action were adopted as theoretical frameworks to investigate factors affecting the use of WBL in the teaching of accounting subject in selected schools. The study’s findings revealed that perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use, subjective norm or social influence, attitudes toward computer usage, and self-confidence affect the use of WBL in the teaching and learning of Accounting in the investigated schools. Moreover, the findings confirmed the hypothesis that was developed in this study.

Keywords: Adoption, Web-Based learning, Technology acceptance model, Accounting, Theory of reasoned action.

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AUTHOR(S)

Dr. Tesfanesh Kassa Debusho: Senior lecturer, Department of Educational Foundation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Dr. Patricia Namayammu Mokgosi: Senior lecturer, Department of Educational Foundation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Dr. Margaret Kholiwe Ntsana: Lecturer: Department of Educational Foundation, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

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Debusho, Tesfanesh Kassa, Patricia Namayammu Mokgosi and Margaret Kholiwe Ntsana. “The Adoption of Web-Based Learning in the Teaching and Learning of Accounting in South African Secondary Schools.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 6, no.3 (2025): 69-86. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2025631