Marie Preston

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Marie Preston Anonymous Thu, 06/11/2015 - 09:50

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Marie

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Research in the field of Teaching and Learning:

My research career started in 2012 when I conducted research in collaboration with Mrs Veruschka Perlser-Carstens and Mr Andre Swart (both from the School of Accounting Sciences), on student performance in subjects such as Commercial Law, Auditing and Taxation. We presented a research paper at the 2012 Conference of the South African Accounting Association in this regard. The title of the paper was: “Factors associated with student performance in commercial law and auditing: An empirical study at the North-West University, Vanderbijlpark Campus”.

Incorporating games into the teaching and learning environment:

The above mentioned study gave way to two new collaborative research projects - one of the which was the development of a basic board game in an effort to help students with their studies in the pre-identified modules (Commercial Law, Auditing and Taxation). The impact of the board game on academic performance - together with our findings, were presented at the 6th Annual Teaching Practice & Didactics Symposium held in October 2013. The title of the research paper was: “Let’s play: Incorporating games into the teaching and learning environment to enhance pervasive skills of accounting students”. Another paper with further findings and statistical data - which related to the research conducted on the board game, was presented at the NWU SoTL Conference in November 2013. The title of the research paper was: "Get Your Game On: Lecturer designed games for accounting students to enhance participation and direct learning of entrepreneurial law, tax and auditing modules”.

The effect on academic performance when teaching students in their second or third language

Another research project which I conducted focused on the effect on academic performance when students are taught in their second or third language. During November 2014, I presented my first solo paper at the international conference of the Institute for Business and Social Dynamics - International Academic Conference on Business and Social Sciences. The title of my paper was: "The influence of teaching high school learners and university taxation students in their second or third language on their academic performance."

Research into Law - with specific reference to Taxation and Deceased Estates

Other fields of interest are Taxation and Deceased Estates. I have completed my Master's studies in Law (LL.M) at the North-West University in 2015, within the field of Estate Law. The modules completed all have linkages with Estate Planning. I submitted - as part of the degree, a mini-dissertation with the title “Interest-free loans or low-Interest loans and estate planning: Life after Brummeria”. For this mini-dissertation the influence of tax law on the use of interest-free and low-interest loans in estate planning was researched. I also included a practical chapter on how estate plans can be structured to incorporate these types of loans with the minimum tax implication for the estate planner.

Current research foci

Currently I am conducting research together with two honours students on the in duplum rule and its application in Tax Law.

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Ms Marie Preston
Senior Lecturer
School of Accounting Sciences
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Information Technology
Vanderbijlpark Campus
North-West University
1900

PO Box 1174
Vanderbijlpark
1900

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+27(0)16 910 3367

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marie.preston@nwu.ac.za

MJ Preston, expert in Auditing, Taxation, and Commercial Law.

Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks

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Theology

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Dr FE Freeks was appointed as a Subject Specialist in 2008 and promoted to a Senior Scientific Officer in 2012. He is currently presenting the LIFEPLAN® programme in the Faculty of Health Sciences under the research unit AUTHeR. He has presented the programme to approximately 850 different people such as, amongst others, various communities, institutions, schools, farms, NGOs (FAMSA), organisations (Vaalharts Water), etc.

His field of study is in both education and Practical Theology. His field of study in his Master’s degree was in Practical Theology (Die rol van die vaderfiguur in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. ‘n Prakties-Teologiese studie), which is basically about the important role of the father figure and the dilemma of absence in the South African context. His first PhD is in Teaching and Training (A character-building programme for Further Education and Training colleges), which is basically about values, character and ethically moral behaviour among students at FET colleges (Further Education and Training).

His second PhD is in Pastoral Studies (The role of the father as mentor in the transmission of values, a Pastoral-Theological study), which is basically about fathering with the importance of the father’s role, mentorship and values. He also compiled a training manual and workbook to train father figures, and even non-fathers, to exercise their role, function and responsibility within the family as well as in the community, the church and even in the workplace. This programme is added as part of the LIFEPLAN® programme, which is known as LIFEPLAN® 4 – Fathering and the necessity of values.

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