A Critical Theory and Postmodernist approach to the teaching of accounting theory

Racial biases in recruitment by accounting firms: The case of international Chinese applicants in Australia

“…This study extends earlier research by James (2008). That study interviewed 11 international students at the Wagga campus of Australia's Charles Sturt University (CSU) to gauge their perceptions of classroom activities used in the teaching of a third-year accounting subject.…”

Dialogic education: reflections from an accounting course

“…Perhaps, ironically James (2008) drawing on Boyce (2004) argues that the accounting profession's desire for generic skills (for example interpersonal skills, critical thinking skills, organisational skills, and judgement) provides the case for a dialogical approach to accounting education. In particular James (2008) argues that a critical and dialogical course will provide students with a much greater opportunity to develop generic skills. Rather than passively receiving knowledge, as is the case in a banking education approach, a more dialogical approach requires greater involvement of students, who are required to interact with the materials and to reflect on their own knowledge and understanding.…”

“…Freire (1993) suggests that using generative themes within a dialogical approach should awake the learner's critical thinking (see also Kaidonis, 2004;James, 2008). For that reason the educator presents the generative theme material to the students for their consideration and invites them to express their own thoughts on the theme.…”

“This is England”: Punk rock’s realist/idealist dialectic and its implications for critical accounting education

“…A well-researched and well-written Clash biography Passion is a Fashion (Gilbert, 2004) (James, 2007;Lander, 2006, p. 29;Myers, 2006). Myers (2006) has pointed out the importance and refreshing uniqueness (for modern bands) of Rancid"s "street-level viewpoint" and "emotive proletariat spirit".…”

“…78-91, 211-212) In most advanced financial accounting courses taught today, ethics is constantly discussed but economic rationalism and managerialism still dominate the scene (Amernic & Craig, 2004, p. 351;Boyce, 2004Boyce, , 2006James, 2007;Kaidonis, 2004;McPhail, 1999;Thomson & Bebbington, 2004). In the weeks devoted to studying ethics in the final-year undergraduate courses Accounting Theory and Auditing, the teleological and deontological approaches and the functionalist decision-models, e.g.…”