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Making accounting degrees fit for a university

journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-07, 21:33 authored by Trevor Hopper
This contribution is a commentary on the paper by Chabrak and Craig (2011) that calls for accounting pedagogy reforms that place accounting within its socio-economic context and enable students to formulate critiques and alternatives. It examines four areas pertinent to this: accounting curricula and pedagogy; accounting's relation within universities and to professional accounting institutions; student expectations; and accounting academics. The commentary concurs with the plea of Chabrak and Craig for curriculum and pedagogy reforms but notes the difficulties this faces in the UK (and possibly elsewhere) given the growing commercialisation of and competition between UK universities, and the influence of professional credentialing upon accounting academics who lack knowledge of accounting research. However, there is a public interest need, and a student and employer desire for curriculum and pedagogical reform and university teaching quality systems do not militate against this. The conclusion is that it lies with accounting academics to counter the drift of accounting degrees imitating from professional accounting courses

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

ISSN

10452354

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

2

Volume

24

Page range

127-135

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  • Business and Management Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-02-11

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