1st Edition

Learning By Doing Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Accounting

Edited By D. V. Rama Copyright 1998

    The fifth volume in a AAHE and Campus Compact’s series on service-learning in the disciplines, this volume focuses on curriculum reform in accounting programs based on goals identified by accounting educators and describes specific implementations across the accounting curriculum. A practical guide with real solutions for both accounting educators and students.

    Foreword About This Series by Edward Zlotkowski Introduction by D.V. Rama Part One. Theoretical Essays on Service-Learning In Accounting Service-Learning. An Active-Learning Approach for Accounting Education by D.V. Rama Service-Learning. The Accountants for the Public Interest Perspective by Wayne G. Bremser "What I Do, I Understand". Service-Learning in Accounting Curricula by William L. Weis Service-Learning in Accounting. A Department Chair's Perspective by Alfonso R. Oddo Part Two. Implementation Approaches Service-Learning. A “Free Enterprise” Model for Accounting Faculty by Curtis L. DeBerg Expanding the Boundaries of Accounting Education Through Service-Learning by Lynn M. Pringle Service-Learning in Accounting. A Role for VITA Tax Programs by Janice Carr Tax Assistance Program Provides Service-Learning at Notre Dame and St. Mary's College by Ken Milani Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and the Use of Technology by Nathan Oestreich, Carol Venable, and Martha Doran Service-Learning Project in the Accounting Information Systems Course. Implementation Without the Benefit of Hindsight by Alfred R. Michenzi Reaching Our Goals Together in Service-Learning. A Multi-Semester Accounting Information Systems Course Implementation by Margarita Maria Lenk Service-Learning in a Capstone Course by James W. Woolley Teaching Professional Accounting Ethics With Service-Learning by Susan P. Ravenscroft Student Consulting Organizations. An Alternative Approach to Service-Learning by Timothy S. Mech Service-Learning Projects in Accounting. Implementation Strategies by D.V. Rama Afterword Service-Learning in Accounting Education by Paul Locatelli Appendix Annotated Bibliography List of Contributors

    Biography

    Dasaratha V. Rama is a professor of accounting and information systems in the Earle P. Charlton College of Business & Industry at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.