South African Accounting Education Stocktake

This book is intended to take stock of the current state of accounting education with a specific emphasis on the South African situation. It provides a critical overview of the current published research and identified gaps. Through this, it aims to equip accounting academics with information and to...

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Main Authors: Fouchè, Jaco, van der Merwe, Nico
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch African Sun Media 2020
Sun Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Accounting-Study and teaching
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Finance
ISBN:1928480462, 9781928480464, 1928480470, 9781928480471
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS PREFACE CHAPTER 1: The state of accounting education CHAPTER 2: Teaching methodology in accounting education CHAPTER 3: Teaching and learning styles CHAPTER 4: Interventions in accounting education CHAPTER 5: Assessment in accounting education CHAPTER 6: Publishing in accounting education CHAPTER 7: Research opportunities for collaboration with industry and professional bodies CHAPTER 8: Community engagement and accounting education research CHAPTER 9: Information technology in accounting education CHAPTER 10: Accepting the challenge
  • 5.2 Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) -- 5.3 South African institute of chartered accountants (SAICA) -- 5.4 South African institute of professional accountants (SAIPA) -- References -- Chapter 8 - Community engagement and accounting education research -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Intervention 1: Strategic analysis -- 3.2 Intervention 2: Business simulation -- 3.3 Intervention 3: Personal finance role-play -- 4. Findings -- 4.1 Intervention 1: Strategic Analysis -- 4.2 Intervention 2: Business simulation -- 4.3 Intervention 3: Personal finance role-play -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 9 - Information technology in accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 2.1 Maslow's hierarchy -- 2.2 Stages of development in accounting professionals -- 2.3 Limitations on the use of it for developing professionals -- 2.4 IT at university -- 2.5 SAICA competencies -- 2.6 Employers on the use of IT -- 3. Research design and methodology -- 4. Findings -- 5. Looking towards the future -- 6. Conclusions, limitations and recommendations -- 6.1 Conclusion -- 6.2 Limitations -- 6.3 Recommendations -- 7. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 10 - Accepting the challenge -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The role players: Students, lecturer, university, professional bodies and the profession -- 2.1 The student -- 2.2 The lecturer -- 2.3 The university -- 2.4 Professional bodies -- 2.5 The profession -- 3. Subject content -- 4. Teaching Methodology -- 5. The role of the lecturer within the university and community -- 6. Conclusion and final thoughts -- REFERENCES
  • Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contributing Authors -- Preface - The accounting education research conundrum -- Background and motivation -- Purpose of the book -- Methodology -- Content -- Contribution -- Chapter 1 - The state of accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General criticism of traditional accounting edication practices -- 2.1 The ever-changing corporate world -- 2.2 The lack of skills on the part of learners -- 2.3 Resistance to change by accounting educators -- 2.4 Requirement for continuous professional development -- 2.5 New generation of learners -- 3. Structure of accounting education in the South African context -- 4. Mayor changesin the accounting education environment -- 5. The role of professional bodies in South Africa -- 6. Professional bodies and the universities -- 7. Professional bodies, universities and transformation -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 2 - Teaching methodology in accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The theory of teaching methodology -- 2.1 Lecturer-centred approach to teaching -- 2.2 Student-centred teaching methodologies -- 3. Teaching methodologies applicable in accounting education -- 3.1 Interactive and inquirey-based learning -- 3.2 Cooperative and group learning -- 3.3 Problem-based learning -- 3.4 Experience-based methods -- 3.5 Project-based learning -- 3.6 Methods using different teaching aids (blended learning) -- 4. Factors to consider and recommendation -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Areas for future research -- References -- Chapter 3 - Teaching and learning styles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Accounting students and their learing styles -- 2.1 Learning styles -- 2.2 Learning theories and tools to identify learning styles -- 3. Accounting lectures and their teaching methodologies -- 3.1 Teaching methodology -- 3.2 Teaching Philosophy
  • 3.3 Teaching strategies -- 4. Matching lectures' teaching strategies to accounting students' learning styles -- 5. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 4 - Interventions in accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The meaning of 'intervention' -- 1.2 What constitutes an educational intervention -- 2. Types of interventions -- 2.1 Case study -- 2.2 Simulation -- 2.3 Games -- 2.4 Role-play -- 2.5 Field experience -- 2.6 Group work -- 3. Interventions used in South Africa -- 3.1 Taxation -- 3.2 Auditing -- 3.3 Financial accounting -- 3.4 Management accounting and financial management -- 3.5 Intergrated or capstone interventions -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 5 - Assessment in accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quality of Assessment -- 3. The role of assessment in learning -- 4. Assessment methods in accounting education -- 4.1 Group work -- 4.2 Case studies -- 4.3 Computer-aided assessment -- 4.4 Continuous assessment -- 4.5 Written assessment -- 4.6 Open-book assessment -- 4.7 Other assessment methods -- 5. Alignment within accounting programmes -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 6 - Publishing in accounting education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Available journals -- 3. How to find the most suitable journal for your research -- 4. What to publish -- 5. Hints on how to get published -- 6. Conclusion -- 7. Areas for further research -- References -- Chapter 7 - Research opportunities for collaboration with industry and professional bodies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. University-industry collaboration -- 3. University-professional body collaboration -- 4. Research opportunities provided by industry -- 4.1 Literature review -- 5. Research opportunities provided by professional bodies -- 5.1 Literature review