Accounting Education Special Interest Group (SIG5)

Joining Accounting Education Special Interest Group (SIG5)

To become a member of the Accounting Education SIG you will first need to become a member of AFAANZ. The fee for AFAANZ membership is AU$132 including GST for applicants residing in Australia and AU$120 for applicants residing outside Australia. More information and online membership is available at http://www.afaanz.org/afaanz-membership

Note that membership is based on a calendar year. The fee for the Accounting Education SIG is AU$11 including GST for applicants residing in Australia and AU$10 for applicants residing outside Australia. If you are already a member of AFAANZ and would like to join the Accounting Education SIG, then please email William Maquire at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Members

The special interest group in accounting education was first established in 1997 and currently has approximately 120 members.  A list of Accounting Education SIG members, who have agreed to make their contact details available on the web, can be downloaded here .  Please email your details to William Macguire at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  if you wish your contact details to be added to this list.

Aim

To improve the quality of accounting education, especially through the development of relevant and innovative curricula, and a renewed emphasis on effective instruction in accounting programs.

Objectives

       Teaching

• • To foster research into methods of learning, skills improvement and teaching aids, especially with regard to their application to accounting education in Australasia.
  • To stimulate discussion and experimentation in instructional means, methods and materials in accounting education.
  • To provide opportunities for members both to test and to improve their teaching skills, instructional materials and methods.
  • To raise questions and to disseminate information about teaching and teaching related matters.

       Curriculum

• • To encourage continued consideration and experimentation in all facets of curriculum development for accounting programs.
  • To communicate interests, intentions and information about curriculum developments in accounting programs.

       Education

• • To encourage a broad definition of scholarship that includes a high priority on teaching and curriculum development.
  • To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and findings about developments related to issues in accounting education especially appropriate within Australasia

Accounting Educator Professional Periodical

In 2011 at the AFAANZ Accounting Education Symposium members discussed the need for a new initiative that continues the SIG's discussion and enables a means of informative dissemination. The SIG is currently launching a new initiative to its members and the accounting community more generally. A professional periodical dedicated to thought leadership and innovation in Accounting Education that aims to inform readers of latest events, national and international initiatives and updates, news, research and general happenings in the area of accounting education.

Such a professional periodical has been designed to provide a source of dissemination for the Accounting Education research community in Australasia, to encourage and foster further collaborations between academics and with the accounting profession to provide a source of professional development. The periodical will initially be published twice a year and will be disseminated through both the AFAANZ website and list emails to members.

We are particularly interested in hearing from you and you can find a current call for contributions downloadable here. Articles should be of interest and relevance to a broad stakeholder audience, written in an engaging manner and include photographs and images where appropriate. Shorter items that include conference alerts, film, media and publications of interest, innovations, useful web-based resources and sites are all highly encouraged. 

All communication, items of interest and general ideas can be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .  

Symposium

Each year the SIG holds a Symposium prior to the AFAANZ Conference. The SIG Annual General Meeting is held each year at the conclusion of the Symposium. The 2013 Symposium will be held on Saturday 6th July in Perth. A full programme is now available for download here. 

The full minutes of Annual General Meeting are available for download below.

Organising Committee   

Contact

For more information on the Accounting Education SIG, including joining the SIG, please contact:

William Maquire
School of Accounting and Corporate Governance
University of Tasmania
Private Bag 86
Hobart Tasmania 7001
Australia
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone: +61 3 6226 2277    
Fax:     +61 3 6226 7845