Chambers as educator and mentor

P. W. Wolnizer, G. W. Dean

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Abstract

Adopting a personal tone, this article explores Ray Chambers’ impact on accounting and management education and through that his impact on accounting thought and practice. As mentor and colleague for over a quarter of a century, Chambers left many wonderful impressions, some of which are described here. The article describes some of the influences on the innovations and approaches of a great teacher. Familial and early working life experiences are shown to have greatly influenced his views on accounting, finance and management, and hence his innovations in accounting and management education at both the Sydney Technical College and the University of Sydney. His research, writings and teachings continually stressed the need to apply common sense to common experience. The article concludes by noting Chambers’ perennial pursuit of seeking evidence to test his ideal solution to eradicate the follies and infelicities that plagued then (and still plague today) accounting thought and practice. Chambers regarded having such an ideal as the essence of being a researcher.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-254
Number of pages12
JournalAbacus
Volume36
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • accounting
  • chambers
  • education
  • management

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