Transforming accounting curricula to enhance integrative learning

Authors

Bonnie Amelia Dean, University of WollongongFollow
Stephanie Perkiss, University of WollongongFollow
Milica Simic Misic, Macquarie University
Karina Luzia, Macquarie University

RIS ID

126355

Publication Details

Dean, B. Amelia., Perkiss, S., Simic Misic, M. & Luzia, K. (2018). Transforming accounting curricula to enhance integrative learning. Accounting and Finance, Online First 1-38.

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.