Problem-based learning: Does accounting education need it?

Journal of Accounting Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 267-289

  Stanley, Trevor ^a   Marsden, Stephen ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Problem solving; Problem based learning (PBL); Professional skills; Questioning; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870251259     PISSN: 07485751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccedu.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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