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Transforming accounting curricula to enhance integrative learning
Author(s) -
Dean Bonnie Amelia,
Perkiss Stephanie,
Simic Misic Milica,
Luzia Karina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-629X
pISSN - 0810-5391
DOI - 10.1111/acfi.12363
Subject(s) - curriculum , scholarship , accounting , lifelong learning , scholarship of teaching and learning , citizen journalism , engineering ethics , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , teaching method , political science , teaching and learning center , business , engineering , law
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.