The Accounting Review Vol. 31 No. 1 1956
ATTRACTING AND MAINTAINING A SUPPLY OF EFFECTIVE ACCOUNTING TEACHERS.
Abstract
This article presents information on the accounting teachers. There is a dearth of qualified teachers of accounting in schools. Surveys of schools have emphasized a crying need for more instructors who can stimulate and arouse students both by their teaching ability and also by their breadth of practical experience and contact with the business world. The director of the American Accounting Association's placement service has stated that a substantial number of "less qualified" individuals would like to fill available positions in accounting departments. The number of professors who are lecturing to, rather than leading lively class discussions with, 20 to 25 students is far greater than one would like to think. This is a fact, which needs serious consideration. In most academic departments the faculty ranges from the truly inspired teacher through the "satisfactory" classroom performer to the downright mediocre. The teacher who cannot perform satisfactorily before a lecture audience may do very well in discussion sessions with smaller groups of students above the level of the basic courses. As enrollments increase faster relatively than teaching staff additions, some schools of business will be forced to take action, which may effectively raise standards of instruction.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-7056933
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 15-23
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref