Criteria Considered by Accounting Faculty When Selecting and Prescribing Textbooks – A South African Study
Karen Bargate

Abstract
The importance of textbooks in education is widely acknowledged. In South Africa, there is a scarcity of studies on accounting textbook selection criteria. This article describes the criteria considered important by accounting faculty when selecting prescribed textbooks. The survey sample included 122 accounting faculty at 13 South African Institute of Chartered Accountant accredited universities. The findings provide insight into criteria that accounting faculty consider important when selecting textbooks for prescription, such as up-to-date text material and comprehensibility to students. The results of the study may assist faculty when considering textbooks for selection and authors and publishers take cognisance of the importance attached to criteria when considering future editions of textbooks.

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