Teaching with Metaphor: The Case of Alice in GAAP Land (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION The global economy is constantly reshaped by changing technology and new work environments. To meet the needs of business and industry, accounting educators must continually reassess the effectiveness of curricula and pedagogy. One consistent recommendation of special studies and reports is the need to move accounting students beyond technical training to higher-order thinking skills that look beyond the numbers (Bonk and Smith, 1998). The Accounting Education Change Commission, for example, identified "capacities for inquiry, abstract logical thinking, and critical analysis" as objectives of accounting education (AECC 1990, 308).