Presentation Date: Sunday August 2, 2009
  Presentation Time: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

CPE Session 50

Islamic Financial Services and its Potential Uses for Accounting Pedagogy

Presented By:

Athar Murtuza, Seton Hall University

Description: SESSION CANCELLED The US Treasury Department is looking at features of Islamic finance that could help tackle the current financial crisis. London is now a hub of Islamic banking, a development encouraged by Britain's Labor government. In Great Britain some European companies are benefiting from Islamic financing that's pushing sharia-compliant banking into the mainstream and extending its appeal to non-Muslims at a time when the western banking system is caught in a liquidity crisis.

e good CAT design.

The facilitator will also explain how she revised her classes during the term based on the feedback from the CATs. During this session, you will be asked to create a new CAT (with a feedback mechanism) that addresses problems in your courses.

You will also learn how a student learning portfolio can enhance the use of CATs in your course. The course portfolio is based on the premise that reflection is an important part of learning. The facilitator will share how she integrated CATs into the learning portfolios. She will also share students’ reactions to the course portfolio assignment in an accounting class. You will receive examples of CATs an

Field of Study: Finance
Program Level: Basic

Intended Audience: Those seeking to know about a growing phenomena and those seeking resources to broaden their students' exposure to values that are not confined to wealth maximization.

Format/Structure: lecture, handouts, and discussion will be how the workshop will be conducted.

Learning Objective: learn about Islamic finance and will learn how to use it as a teaching resources in their classes.

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation Required: None

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