Accounting Education in Trade Vocational High Schools: A Research on The Vocational High Schools in Mugla City

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the accounting education given in secondary education institutions within the scope of vocational education. In this context, general information about accounting education is given, general structure of trade profession high schools and International Accounting Education Standards which constitute an important reference about the subject are also discussed. In this research, it is aimed to evaluate the accounting education which is carried out in two stages, namely theory education and practice (internship) education within the scope of commercial vocational high schools at the secondary level, from the point of view of students and teachers. As a result of the research, it was observed that the students with less success in the lessons gave more negative answers to the statements and the ones with higher success gave more positive answers. Teachers have stated that textbooks are not updated as content and are inadequate. It is concluded that internship training has not only enabled the use of theoretical knowledge in practice but also the students have achieved the business discipline and business ethics