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Tiêu đề

Will more liberal arts courses fix the accounting curriculum?

Tác giả

Willits S.D.

Năm xuất bản

2010

Source title

Journal of Accounting Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1016/j.jaccedu.2010.11.001

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-79951669701&doi=10.1016%2fj.jaccedu.2010.11.001&partnerID=40&md5=a00c3c081889b382a436de5c4a8bd5b5

Tóm tắt

The appropriate curricular balance between general and accounting education has been long contested and needs resolving as evidence suggests the model used at most schools is broken. One suggested fix would devote more of the accounting curriculum to liberal arts courses to produce accountants who could, for example, think critically and communicate effectively. However, ample evidence indicates that classical " liberal education" scarcely exists today, and what is offered in its place is often counterproductive, at worst, or adds little value at best. This paper reviews the current state of liberal education and concludes that what is actually delivered today by many arts and sciences colleges does not achieve the claimed benefits of a liberal education. Thus it falls on accounting educators to structure courses in ways that will make them exercises in liberal learning. The paper also discusses several strategies for enhancing the value of the general education component of each student's education. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

Từ khóa

Accountants' general education; Accounting curriculum; Liberal learning

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