%0 Journal Article %T Critical Thinking in Economics and Higher Education %J - %D 2019 %X Critical thinking is the key to success in business entities. In business literature, critical thinking is regarded as a conscious activity that includes comment, analysis, assessment and deduction in decision making. It is accepted that critical thinking plays a very important role in economics and higher education. The reason for this is that the goal of university education is to provide an intellectual professional education, not a stereotyped and standardized one. In other words, the aim shall be enhancing professional aptitude and professional skills. Business life has also changed and demands flexibility. In todays¡¯s work environment, graduates are expected to be equipped with professional knowledge and scientific method information, in other words, they should have learned ¡°critical thinking¡±. The purpose of this study is to demontrate the importance of critical thinking in economics and higher education, in particular in cost accounting courses %K Y¨¹ksek£¿£¿retim %K Kritik D¨¹£¿¨¹nme %K Maliyet Muhasebesi %U http://dergipark.org.tr/meder/issue/43492/496359