The Researching Accountant Development Framework
Researching Accountant Development Framework
Welcome to the Researching Accountant Development Framework. You are invited to use this interactive resource (the RADF) to support you as you develop as a researcher in academia.
What is the RADF?
The Research Accountant Development Framework is based on three dimensions of learning – the cognitive, intrapersonal and interpersonal - and builds on research carried out by Hilary Lindsay during and after her own professional doctoral studies.
Researching Accountant Development plan
The final part of the resource is the Researching Accountant Development Plan (RADP). The best idea is to save a copy of the RADP to your desktop. You can then add your own actions to it as you work through the topics in the resource.
Understanding research
The three topics covered in this section are: understanding the basics, literature and writing and methods and methodology. Each begins with a summary of key points and then sets out some issues for you to consider, along with quotes from other accountants working in academia.
Industry press
The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides a hand-picked collection of industry press articles as a benefit of ICAEW membership. If you are unable to access an article, please see our Online resources troubleshooting or contact library@icaew.com.
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Data analytics for accounting
The article discusses the importance of data analytics skills in the field of accounting and the adoption of data analytics in accounting curricula. It highlights the textbook 'Data Analytics for Accounting' (2023) as a valuable resource for teaching data analytics to accountants. The textbook covers various topics such as data scrubbing, data analysis, statistical analysis, and data visualization, as well as software platforms like Excel, Tableau, and Power BI. (This book is held in the ICAEW Library collection and can be borrowed by ICAEW members and ACA students).
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The ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Chatbot: How well does it answer accounting assessment questions?
Using data from 14 countries and 186 institutions, the authors compare ChatGPT and student performance for 28,085 questions from accounting assessments and textbook test banks. As of January 2023, ChatGPT provided correct answers for 56.5% of questions and partially correct answers for an additional 9.4% of questions. The article provides evidence of how ChatGPT performs on different question types, accounting topics, class levels, open/closed assessments, and test bank questions. The implications for accounting education and research are also discussed.
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Future accountants need top-notch ethics education
Accounting professors Chevonne Alston and Di Wu stress the importance of grounding lessons on ethical principles in actual cases. They outline some practical strategies which educators can use to cultivate ethical reasoning skills in accounting and finance students. Real-world case studies and 'accounting and finance in the news' articles can be used to bring ethics to life.
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Accounting data analytics in R: A case study using Tidyverse
This article introduces the Tidyverse package of the programming language R for data analytics (DA). This approach can greatly benefit undergraduate or graduate accounting students without any coding knowledge. A teaching case suitable for auditing or accounting analytics classes is presented for accounting educators to adopt in their courses. Evidence suggests that this approach is effective in teaching R for DA and in introducing advanced DA tools to the next generation of accountants.
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Adding data analytics to cost accounting curricula
Assistant Professor Li Qu describes how she added data analytics to her cost accounting course curriculum. She explains the benefits of adding data analytics into cost accounting teaching, and shares feedback from her students on their experience of learning data analytics this way.
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ChatGPT and AI in accounting education
ChatGPT and AI can enrich the classroom experience for professors and students. The authors, who are US accounting academics, make recommendations for ways accounting educators can use ChatGPT to prepare/modify lecture content or develop customized assignments and resources for students. They also discuss ways ChatGPT and AI can be used to make routine research related tasks more efficient.
The following online journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use. If you have any difficulty accessing these resources, please see our online resources troubleshooting page or get in touch.