Teaching Managerial Accounting: A Discussion on Pedagogy

Abstract

This paper discusses about the toughness of managerial accounting to university students explaining the causes and suggesting ways to alleviate the difficulties faced by students. The main focus of this paper is pedagogy on the part of faculty with the purpose of improving it by stimulating students’ interest and their eventual participation in the class. In this context, the use and limitations of computer-assisted system in class rooms is also evaluated in contrast to traditional chalk and talk method of teaching. It also looks at the problem faced by managerial accounting students at English-media instruction institutions in EFL countries like Thailand. Finally, a number of recommendations to improve teaching of managerial accounting on the part of pedagogy are presented by the writer.