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Guest speakers: reflections on the role of accountants in the classroom

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  • Cheryl Metrejean
  • John Pittman
  • Marilyn Zarzeski

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Over the last decade, the academic accounting profession in the USA has made a concerted effort to improve academic curricula in order to improve the early employment experience and retention of accounting professionals. The pedagogical method presented here involves guest speakers in the classroom, with the objective of exposing accounting students to accounting professionals who share their early and current career experiences. This exploratory study includes a detailed description of the planning and implementation of a guest speaker event and a summary of student feedback regarding the merit of such an event. According to student feedback, accounting professionals in the classroom provide a very effective real-life learning experience for students. A successful guest speaker event benefits students, educators, guest speakers, and the university. Feedback from student surveys indicates that the students enjoyed and benefited from the speaker events. Additional student comments provide strong support for the use of guest speakers in the classroom.

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  • Cheryl Metrejean & John Pittman & Marilyn Zarzeski, 2002. "Guest speakers: reflections on the role of accountants in the classroom," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 347-364.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:accted:v:11:y:2002:i:4:p:347-364
    DOI: 10.1080/0963928021000031466
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    1. De Villiers, Rouxelle & Hess, Alexandra Claudia, 2018. "Melding traditional and progressive andragogy in marketing education, using the hermeneutic competency development strategy," Australasian marketing journal, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 140-156.
    2. Richard Slack & Jan Loughran & Kirsty Abrahams, 2014. "Corporate Associate Partnerships: Practitioners' Involvement in the Delivery of an Auditing Course Based on a Case-Study: A Teaching Resource," Accounting Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(3), pages 262-276, June.
    3. Sugahara, Satoshi & Cilloni, Andrea, 2021. "Mediation effect of students’ perception of accounting on the relationship between game-based learning and learning approaches," Journal of Accounting Education, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).

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