Teaching Accounting Students to Think Critically by Engaging Them in the Classroom

Authors

  • Ashley Bentley East Tennessee State University
  • Sharon Michelle Susong Freeman East Tennessee State University

Abstract

This article seeks to help faculty learn ways to incorporate teaching critical thinking based on research by Stephen Brookfield, a well-published expert in the field of critical thinking education. The paper will focus on how Brookfield’s research on teaching critical thinking can change the traditional accounting classroom where students passively cover content to a classroom where students engage within the content so that they develop the critical thinking skills necessary to work effectively in the profession. The value of this piece is in simple changes accounting faculty can make in their classroom to help students shift from sitting passively in class to more significant learning.

 

Keywords: critical thinking, accounting education, active learning, Brookfield

 

Author Biographies

  • Ashley Bentley, East Tennessee State University

    Assistant Professor of Accountancy

  • Sharon Michelle Susong Freeman, East Tennessee State University

    Associate Professor, Accounting, College of Business and Technology

    Graduate Coordinator, M.Acc. program

    Research interests include accounting education, tax law changes, accounting updates

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Published

2025-03-20

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (2024): The Accounting Educators' Journal

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Teaching Accounting Students to Think Critically by Engaging Them in the Classroom. (2025). The Accounting Educators’ Journal, 34(1). https://aejournal.com/ojs/index.php/aej/article/view/1098