The acclaimed textbook Accounting by John Hoggett, John Medlin, Lew Edwards, Matthew Tilling, and Evelyn Hogg, has just been released in its Eighth edition. While such a long publishing history is, in itself, a testament to the utility and comprehensive scope of the text, there are several additional reasons Accounting 8th Edition is an outstanding choice. The text is written in a concise, approachable style, making it comprehensible and appealing to students at any level in their studies.

There are a plethora of relevant, clear examples and pertinent exercises which support and enhance the ongoing daily activity of students’ acquisition of new material. This broad and clear style and all-encompassing scope also gives the instructor a lot of latitude in selecting both lecture materials and examples, and out of class assignments that speak to their own particular take on accounting as method and practice. The authors have utilized proven pedagogical devices to enhance the student’s grasp of both theories and real world illustrations, by including extensive activities geared to the topics of each chapter. They begin each chapter with a clear description of concepts that must be mastered before proceeding, structuring in a consistent measure for students to ensure their on-going success in learning the material.

There are also end of chapter discussion questions and problems which enable students to utilize the concepts of each chapter to enhance their learning tasks.
Accounting 8th Edition makes extensive use of case studies to reinforce the methods and ideas of each chapter, allowing the students to think about and practice real world approaches to the ways accountancy operates “on the ground.” Not only does this text provide multiple possibilities to teaching the processes and procedures of doing accounting, it also provides a pedagogical approach to discussing the historical role of accounting, and the necessary functions which accountants serve in the contemporary globalized world. The authors of the text have longstanding engagement in both the practice of and theorizing about the education of accountancy; together they total nearly 100 years of experience in the university arena.
They come from diverse backgrounds, from both the academy and the business world, thus critically grounding the text in theory and method, and providing that necessary foundation that is gained by engaging in the world of accountancy as a professional.

Finally, the text is available in four formats: as an e-text, binder-ready text or standard print text, and with or without access to iStudy – Wiley Publishers online study tools and modules. Any student, who utilizes any sort of study pattern, will be able to find the course material in a format that is suitable. In all its formats, Accounting 8th Edition is comparably priced to other academic texts, but is much enhanced by the variety of options which negate cost.

All in all, Accounting 8th Edition represents a leading text in teaching introductory accountancy, its many assets include comprehensive scope and depth, as well as a concisely approachable style which will appeal to students at any level.