The Researching Accountant Development Framework
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BAFA-CPAF Research Mentoring Scheme Launch Event - 10 Nov 2020
The launch of the BAFA-CPAF Research Mentoring Scheme, hosted by Professor Elaine Harris, was held on 10 November 2020. Dr Hilary Lindsay, Honorary Associate of the Open University, presented her Researching Accountant Development Framework.
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.
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ChatGPT bombs accounting class
A recent Brigham Young University study has found that if ChatGPT were a student in an accounting class, it would get a failing grade. ChatGPT has been made for language rather than maths, and during testing did not always recognize it was performing mathematical operations. The questions fed to ChatGPT covered accounting information systems, auditing, financial accounting, managerial accounting and tax.
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Accounting's first crowd-sourced study tackles ChatGPT in education
The ChatGPT AI chatbot has been tested on accounting exam questions against the performance of accounting students at 186 institutions. The results show AI doesn't outperform accounting students quite yet, but educators must adapt to rapid change in academia and practice.
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Accounting education's need to embrace ESG
Two accounting academics explain the importance of educating students on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics, and give advice on ways to integrate ESG into courses.
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Closing the gap between accounting education and the workplace
The article shares a possible solution to help accounting educators close the gap between accounting courses and real-life workplace tasks. Jeroen J.G. van Merriënboer and others created the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C/ID) model and wrote a book, 'Ten Steps to Complex Learning', to
help professors apply the 4C/ID model into their courses. The model aims to help professors teach desirable complex skills throughout a course, by introducing progressively complex cases.
