Research and trends in accounting education from 2009 to 2016: A content analysis of publication in selected journals

Abstract

This review of accounting education literature and content analysis includes 516 articles published over eight-year period, 2009-2016, in nine accounting journals which are pressed in worldwide and Turkey. The main purpose of this paper is to organize and summarize most recent focal points of accounting education literature. The data were examined via content analysis and presented using descriptive statistical methods. We categorized the literature into five sections corresponding to traditional lines of inquiry (curricular issues, learning and assessment, educational technology, issues about faculty and students). According to the results, "assurance of learning and assessment" and "curricular issues" were the topics mostly focused on in the articles. Also moving in the same direction with the dynamism of financial world; auditing, ethical issues and fraud gain more importance.

Keywords

• Accounting Education,Literature Review,Curriculum,Assessment

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