posted on 2007-01-01, 00:00authored byB Blair, G Boyce, Cindy Davids, S Greer
This paper provides a case description and analysis of an effort to enact accounting education change. The study reports on an attempt to renew the social and ethical worth of accounting education and practice in the post-Enron context of increased interest in how accounting may contribute to social responsibility and sustainability. The paper considers the organisation, aims, and content of a newly-developed unit on social and critical perspectives on accounting, and key elements of the pedagogy utilised. These include team teaching, the employment of research literature rather than a prescribed textbook, an expanded conception of accounting and accounting “knowledge”, the adoption of educational goals that encompass preparing students for economic and social life and for democratic participation, and a view that sees ethics, the environment, and society as central to accounting. It is concluded that accounting educational change must encompass the content and practice of classroom activity, but it also requires change to the self-consciousness of all actors involved. Explicit inclusion of the social, critical, environmental and ethical dimensions of accounting in our teaching and learning programs provides an avenue for academics to individually and collectively make a meaningful contribution.
History
Pagination
1 - 22
Location
Hobart, Tas.
Open access
Yes
Start date
2007-01-31
End date
2007-02-02
ISBN-13
9781862953758
ISBN-10
1862953759
Language
eng
Notes
Recipient of the National Institute of Accountants Award for the best paper presented at the conference
Publication classification
E1.1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice
2007, School of Accounting & Corporate Governance, University of Tasmania
Editor/Contributor(s)
N Meyers, B Smith, S Bingham, S Shimeld
Title of proceedings
Innovation in accounting and corporate governance education conference, 2007 : proceedings of the second innovation in accounting and corporate governance education conference, 31 January - 2 February, Hobart, Tasmania