Article Title
Publication Date
April 2002
Abstract
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 curriculum. One which extends beyond the traditional advocacy of history based on its capacity to increase the knowledge and understanding of students. It is argued that claims about the merits of including of accounting history in the curriculum should focus on its capacity to deliver learning outcomes which emphasise transferable skills.
Recommended Citation
Walker, Stephen P.
(2002)
"Legitimating history in the accounting curriculum,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 25
:
No.
1
, Article 7.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol25/iss1/7