1. Transforming accounting curricula to enhance integrative learning
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Bonnie Amelia Dean, Karina Luzia, Stephanie Perkiss, and Milica Simic Misic
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ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION ,Higher education ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) ,Lifelong learning ,050301 education ,Participatory action research ,Accounting ,050201 accounting ,Competition (economics) ,0502 economics and business ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ,Sociology ,Global citizenship ,Integrative learning ,business ,0503 education ,Curriculum ,Finance - Abstract
Higher education is fundamental to the accounting profession. However, increased competition, the need to shape responsible global citizens and global influences impacting the profession have highlighted weaknesses in existing accounting curricula with regard to non‐technical skills, professional values and ethics. This paper reports on an approach to improve student learning in a first‐year undergraduate accounting subject through scholarship of teaching and learning and critical participatory action research. The paper highlights the importance of embedding opportunities for integrative learning in accounting curricula to enable students’ developing professional competencies and lifelong learning. It also provides a model for accounting educators to enhance integrative capabilities in their courses through engagement with scholarly research on teaching.
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- 2018
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