Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Business Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

University of Mississippi

Accounting Historians Notebook

Accounting -- History -- Study and teaching

Publication Year

Articles 1 - 5 of 5

Full-Text Articles in Business

Case For Teaching Accounting History With Accounting Theory In The Undergraduate Curriculum; Innovation In Teaching Award Submission, David R. Vruwink, Dan Deines Apr 2002

Case For Teaching Accounting History With Accounting Theory In The Undergraduate Curriculum; Innovation In Teaching Award Submission, David R. Vruwink, Dan Deines

Accounting Historians Notebook

Accounting Theory & History is the second course for accounting majors at Kansas State University. This course, along with the first course, Accounting Processes and Controls, serve as the foundation for the remaining accounting curriculum. The introductory accounting classes have a user perspective and de-emphasize the mechanics of the accounting process. Accounting Processes & Controls is designed to teach students how the accounting system works both manually and electronically. Accounting Theory & History describes how accounting has evolved and examines the various accounting methods/theories that could be used or are used in accounting. By taking this approach, students understand that …


Legitimating History In The Accounting Curriculum, Stephen P. Walker Apr 2002

Legitimating History In The Accounting Curriculum, Stephen P. Walker

Accounting Historians Notebook

Over the past eight years I have taught a senior honours course in accounting history at Edinburgh University. The (predominantly) positive feedback received from students enrolled for this option indicates two things. First, that accounting history is considered to be a worthwhile and interesting course. Second, the subject is perceived as refreshingly different. One student commented recently that the course 'brought another discipline and its skills to accounting'. This reference to skills is the essential message of this paper. Trends in higher education in Britain inspire consideration of an alternative basis for legitimating the inclusion of accounting history in the …


Academy Plans Cpe Session At Nashville, Academy Of Accounting Historians Mar 1991

Academy Plans Cpe Session At Nashville, Academy Of Accounting Historians

Accounting Historians Notebook

No abstract provided.


Southwest Phd Consortium Report Sponsored By The Academy Of Accounting Historians, Academy Of Accounting Historians Mar 1991

Southwest Phd Consortium Report Sponsored By The Academy Of Accounting Historians, Academy Of Accounting Historians

Accounting Historians Notebook

The first PhD Consortium in the Southwest Region was held in Houston, Texas on March 12-13, 1991. The consortium received funding support from the Deloitte and Touche Foundation. The goals, as charged by the Academy's executive committee, were completely fulfilled. These goals were that 1) the PhD students be exposed to historical methods and research, and 2) a mechanism be established to have a continuing consortium each year.


Accounting History Education Committee, Academy Of Accounting Historians. Accounting History Education Committee Oct 1984

Accounting History Education Committee, Academy Of Accounting Historians. Accounting History Education Committee

Accounting Historians Notebook

Members of the Committee present met in Toronto and made plans to survey two groups in regard to the present state of history courses and the teaching of history topics.